Kazakhstan beat out Thailand in a second round, picking up 138 votes against 55 for Thailand and winning a council seat for the first time since its 1991 independence from the Soviet Union.
Italy and the Netherlands squared off for a UN Security Council seat after Kazakhstan was elected to the powerful council for the first time and Bolivia, Ethiopia and Sweden won spots.
Five non-permanent seats were up for grabs on June 28 in the vote by the 193-nation UN General Assembly, three of which were filled in a first round of secret ballot voting.
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Source: The Indian Express
