According to an article published in the Age, Greece is amongst the countries that is positively inclined towards voting in favour of Australia for a temporary seat on the UN Security Council for the period 2013-2014. The Security Council has 5 permanent members (USA, Britain, France, China and Russia) and 10 temporary members. Australia’s competitors for the seat “Western Europe & others” are Finland and Luxembourg and European countries are expected to vote in their favour. Although 11 million dollars has already been spent on campaigning for Australia’s membership, PM Kevin Rudd says there is no guarantee that Australia will win. However, the Australian government has scheduled diplomatic moves towards the 53 African nations in order to gain votes. 28 countries are so far planning on voting for Australia, among which Israel, Holland, Hungary, Poland and Bosnia- Erzegovina. Positively inclined include countries such as Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, FYROM, Sweden and Canada.
Source: ana-mpa.gr
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