Venezuela was elected Wednesday as a member of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at the UN General Assembly.
Venezuela received 177 ballots from the 184 countries that attended the General Assembly. A minimum of two thirds of the votes are required to be an ECOSOC member.
Ruben Dario Molina, director of the Multilateral Political Affairs of the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, said that this is an achievement of the Venezuelan diplomacy.
Venezuela, along with 17 other elected countries, will serve on ECOSOC for a three-year term starting on Jan. 1 next year.
Other Latin American and Caribbean countries such as Guatemala, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Peru were also elected.
ECOSOC serves as a UN coordinator center with the aim to formulate policies for the economic and social cooperation among its members.
ECOSOC consists 54 members and 18 of them are elected each year for a period of three years.
Venezuela has had a seat in ECOSOC for seven times before and this was the second time it got a seat during President Hugo Chavez's rule.
