UNITED NATIONS, Oct 16 (KUNA) -- The General Assembly on Monday afternoon resumed its elections process of a fifth Security Council non permanent member to fill in the Latin American seat, with Guatemala, which was in the lead, losing more votes and Venezuela gaining more.In the fifth round Guatemala got 110 votes, compared to 116 in the previous round, and Venezuela 75, compared to 70. Both are still far away from the two-thirds majority of 125 votes needed for either one to win.
Since the assembly was deadlocked when it ended its morning session, the door was then opened to other countries from the region to step in, except for Peru which is already a council member until the end of 2007 and Argentina which is retiring in December of this year. Mexico did present its candidacy but won only one vote, its own. The assembly then decided to hold a sixth round.