The 193-member UN
General Assembly elected
Jordan to the UN Security Council onFriday to replace
Saudi Arabia, which rejected its two-year termin protest at the council's failure to end the
Syria war and acton other
Middle East issues.
Saudi Arabia was elected in October to join the 15-membercouncil from Jan. 1, but in an unprecedented move
Riyadhdeclined the role a day after the vote.
While unopposed as thereplacement,
Jordan still needed two-thirds approval by the
General Assembly. It was elected with 178 votes on Friday.
