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Paper urges Nigeria to take measures to secure permanent UN seat.

BBC Monitoring International Reports

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Text of report by private Nigerian newspaper The Guardian website on 26 October

[Editorial: "Nigeria and UN Security Council seat"]

On October 15, 2009, Nigeria was elected to a non-permanent seat in the Security Council of the United Nations with 186 votes. Four other countries, Gabon, Brazil, Bosnia and Lebanon were elected to similar positions. Unlike previous Security Council elections, there were no contested seats this year. As a result, the five countries nominated by regional groups won an easy election, following voting by the 192-member General Assembly. In the case of Nigeria, the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) …

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