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UN Security Council welcomes new members; 2 are first-timers

A United Nations police officer salutes as Ecuador's U.N. Ambassador Hernán Pérez Loose, right, installs his country's flag during a ceremony for five newly-elected non-permanent members to serve on the United Nations Security Council, at U.N. headquarters. [VOA]

Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland got a formal welcome into the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, taking the two-year seats they won unopposed in June.

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