Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Friday, October 16, 2009

Big news in Abuja

The news didn't make the headline in the New York Times, but as we should expect, it was a big deal in Nigeria.

Country Wins UN Security Council Seat
Nigeria has won election for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations (UN) Security Council alongside Gabon and Brazil.

Bosnia and Lebanon won but will be in the rare position of being subject to scrutiny by the UN's most powerful body while serving their two-year terms because the former has never served on the council and the latter has not been a member since 1953-54...

From the New York Times:
Lebanon, Bosnia Among Five New U.N. Council Members

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