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Panama agreement ends UN seat row
Venezuela and Guatemala - both vying for the Latin American non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council – have agreed to withdraw their bids. The move opens the way for Panama to take the non-permanent seat. Nearly 50 rounds of voting failed to resolve the contest between Guatemala and Venezuela.
The United States had opposed Venezuela’s candidacy because of its deteriorating relationship with Hugo Chavez. Now Guatemala and Venezuela are expected to formally endorse Panama at a meeting of the Latin American group of countries at the UN later yesterday.
Diplomats agree that Mr Chavez’s now infamous speech to the UN General Assembly in September, during which he compared President George W Bush to the devil, damaged his country’s standing.
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