Turkey is in “very tight race” with Spain and New Zealand for one of two available seats on the UN Security Council.
The United Nations Security Council meets at the UN on July 22, 2014 in New York City. (photo credit: Kena Betancur/Getty Images/AFP)
The UN General Assembly’s 193 member states will vote Thursday to elect five new members
to the UN’s most powerful body and Venezuela’s socialist government is virtually certain to win
because it is unopposed for the single seat allocated to Latin America and the Caribbean.