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What Kyrgyzstan Wants From the UN Security Council

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Kyrgyzstan’s election to a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council came after a diligent campaign to gain support for its candidacy. It means a Central Asian state will have a seat on the UN’s most powerful body for the second time since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Attention now turns to what Kyrgyzstan wants to do — and what it will be able to do — on the Security Council. “This is a new test for us,” Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov said during a speech in late June. “We view membership…

First report: Kyrgyzstan gained UN Security Council seat; now comes hard part — eurasianet.org, 12d