South Africa was yesterday, 8 November 2012, overwhelmingly elected by the Members of the UN General Assembly to the 47-Member Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations.
ECOSOC is one of the Principal Organs of the United Nations alongside the Security Council and General Assembly. South Africa finishes its two-year non-renewable, non-permanent membership of the Security Council on 31 December 2012 and immediately assumes the membership of ECOSOC on 1 January 2013. South Africa last served in ECOSOC in 2004 to 2006.
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