Pakistan, Morocco, Guatemala, and Togo are elected to the UN.
New members of the Security Council will assume their posts in 2012.
Pakistan, Morocco, Guatemala, and Togo were elected to a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council, but the final decision on a fifth seat was postponed until next week. The new members replace Brazil, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Gabon, Lebanon, and Nigeria.
The president of the UN General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, stated that voting will continue on Monday, after a ninth round of voting ended without the two candidates for the Eastern European seat achieving the two-thirds majority needed to join the important UN body.
The latest result was 113 votes for Azerbaijan and 77 for Slovenia. Hungary, which was also a candidate for the seat, dropped out of the race in an initial vote. In Friday's vote, members of the General Assembly elected Pakistan, Morocco, and Guatemala in the first round. Togo was elected in the third round.
The new members of the Security Council will take office on January 1, 2012, and will serve until the end of 2013. Seats on this UN body are highly sought after because they give countries a strong voice in matters related to international peace and security.
The new formation places Pakistan alongside its regional rival India, which, along with Colombia, Germany, Portugal, and South Africa, will serve a two-year term ending in late 2012. Also part of the council are its five permanent members, who have veto power: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Since Guatemala has never recognized a Palestinian state, the new council may be less inclined to support the Palestinians' request for UN membership. Palestinian diplomats said this week that they will try to garner support for a vote on the issue on November 11.
Guatemala was the only country with a sure victory in Friday's election, as it had no opponents for the seat offered to Latin America and the Caribbean. The two seats for Africa, one for Asia, and one for Eastern Europe were highly contested. This information comes from the Associated Press.