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Togo defeats Mauritania in vote for UN council seat

By REUTERS

OCTOBER 21, 2011 20:08

UNITED NATIONS - Togo defeated Mauritania on Friday in the third round of an election to the 15-nation UN Security Council for 2012 and 2013.

The small West African state secured 131 votes in the 193-nation UN General Assembly, more than double Mauritania's 61 votes. The other countries that won council seats during Friday's election are Pakistan, Morocco and Guatemala.

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