Senate debates Questions on Notice
United Nations Security Council (Question No. 559)
David Johnston WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs, upon notice, on 25 March 2011:
Did any representative from an African Union country express support for Australia's bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council; if so, which ones.
Stephen Conroy Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate
The Minister for Foreign Affairs has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:
United Nations Security Council elections are decided by secret ballot. Accordingly, as is usual practice, we do not reveal the voting intentions of individual countries.