UNITED NATIONS, United States: The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected Italy to the Security Council under a deal that will see the Netherlands take over the seat in a year.
The two countries agreed to split the two-year term on the council after five rounds of voting earlier this week ended with a tie.
Under the deal, Italy will take up the seat on January 1 and then make way for the Netherlands to take over in 2018.
The arrangement is rare but not unprecedented at the United Nations.
The last split term was in 1964-65 between what was then Czechoslovakia and Malaysia.
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Source: The Manila Times
