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On Wednesday (17/6), the UN General Assembly elected four new members of the Security Council for 2021 and 2022, with Canada losing out again and the battle for the African seat going to a second round. As quoted by AFP.com (18/6), India, Mexico, Norway and Ireland were chosen as non-permanent members, while Djibouti and Kenya -both of which failed to receive the two-thirds vote majority required to win -will go to a second round of voting on Thursday. Canada was beaten once again for one of the Western seats, by Ireland and Norway, despite a long and star-studded campaign, a result likely to be a blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In the Asia-Pacific region, India -which has been trying unsuccessfully to win a permanent seat in an expanded Security Council -ran unopposed to win 184 votes out of the 192 countries that participated in the election. The result means that India will now have a seat at the same table as China, just a few days after the two nations disputed their Himalayan border, trading blame for a brawl that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead. Mexico, which also ran unopposed, earned 187 votes//AFP