日本、非常任理事国に　史上最多１２回、安保理改選―国連

　【ニューヨーク時事】国連総会（１９３カ国）で９日、安全保障理事会（１５カ国）の非常任理事国５カ国の入れ替え選挙が秘密投票で行われ、アジア太平洋枠（改選１議席）の統一候補として立候補した日本が１８４票を得て選出された。１９５６年１２月の国連加盟後１２回目の安保理入りで、当選回数は国連史上最多となった。
　任期は２０２３年１月１日から２４年１２月３１日までの２年間。１６～１７年以来の非常任理事国となる。ロシアのウクライナ侵攻や北朝鮮問題をめぐり安保理の機能不全が深刻化する中での就任となり、これまでの経験を生かしより積極的な外交の展開が求められる。（2022/06/10-05:46）

Japan was elected a nonpermanent member of the U.N. Security Council on Thursday, winning the seat for an unprecedented 12th time.
   Japan will serve as a nonpermanent member for two years from Jan. 1, 2023, coming back to the powerful U.N. panel after its previous term in 2016-2017.
   The country was the unified candidate for a nonpermanent Security Council seat allocated to the Asia-Pacific region in Thursday's election to choose those replacing five outgoing nonpermanent members.
   The Security Council is the only U.N. body that can make binding decisions on member states. It is composed of five permanent members--the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China--and 10 nonpermanent members.
   The five permanent members are currently divided chiefly over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.