COSTA RICA'S SOPHISTICATED AND SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN FOR THIRD TERM ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL.

From: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs | Date: November 1, 2007 | Copyright information

Costa Rica bested the Dominican Republic in the contest for a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council. The two countries stood for election by the 192 nations that make up the UN. It was a hard-fought battle between the two nations in the Latin American group, but Costa Rica's canny foreign policies under President Oscar Arias won the day, giving the Central American nation a perch on the world's most powerful international body for a third two-year period. Costa Rica has signaled its intent to bring up proposals that will be hard for some members to stomach, among them ...

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