Germany loses UN Security Council seat for first time

Germany failed to win a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the first time. In the vote at the UN General Assembly in New York, Portugal and Austria secured the two available seats instead. Germany's foreign minister called the result a 'bitter defeat'.

At the same time, Kyrgyzstan was elected to the Security Council for the first time in its history. The country will take one of the non-permanent seats starting next year.