Africa: UN Security Council Seats Taken By Arms Exporters

28 November 2016

United Nations — Nine of the world's top ten arms exporters will sit on the UN Security Council between mid-2016 and mid-2018.

The nine include four rotating members - Spain, Ukraine, Italy and the Netherlands - from Europe, as well as the council's five permanent members - China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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