NEW YORK: The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday will elect five new members of the Security Council (UNSC) for 2021 and 2022, with battles underway for the Western and African seats.

In this file photo taken on October 30, 2019, Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf , President of the International Court of Justice, gives his Report of the International Court of Justice during the 74th Session of the General Assembly at the United Nations on October 30, 2019. The 2020 UN General Assembly will be held virtually for the first time in history because of the coronavirus pandemic, its president announced on June 10, 2020. The meeting is still scheduled for September 22-29 but will be carried out with previously recorded speeches by world leaders, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, who is from Nigeria, said in a letter to UN member countries. 
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