Saturday, August 4, 2012

Seychelles bids for UN Security Council seat

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ? The Seychelles has just 90,000 people, but that's not holding the island nation back from seeking a seat on the U.N. Security Council.

Seychelles President James Michel announced Friday that his country wants a non-permanent seat on the council for the 2017-18 term. Michel said Seychelles has shown it is ready for a seat through its role in fighting Somali piracy and its recent mediation efforts to help resolve a Madagascar political crisis. Seychelles is a luxury island destination off East Africa.

Malta, the southern European island nation, appears to be the least populous country to ever sit on the Security Council, in 1983-84. Malta has 410,000 people, more than four times as many as Seychelles.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/seychelles-bids-un-security-council-seat-095518851.html

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