UN: Somalia elected to Security Council after more than 50 years

Somalia was elected on Thursday (Jun. 6) to serve on the UN security council as a non-permanent member for two years.

Denmark, Greece, Pakistan and Panama also got seats on the U.N. Security Council in a secret ballot in the General Assembly.

The 193-member world body elected five countries. The 10 non-permanent seats on the 15-member council are allotted to regional groups that usually select their candidates but sometimes can’t agree on one. There were no such surprises this year.

This time, the regional groups put forward Somalia for an African seat, Pakistan for…