President Yoon Seok-yeol Hails Korea’s Election to UN Security Council as a Victory of Global Diplomacy

President Yoon said this on the morning of the 7th, pointing out that “out of the 192 member states of the United Nations, 180 have entered the non-permanent member state in favor,” Spokesman Lee Do-woon of the President’s Office said in a written briefing.

A high-ranking official in the presidential office stressed in a phone call with Yonhap News that “President Yoon emphasized solidarity among countries that share universal values ​​over the past year, and it is an achievement that has been shown as a global pivotal country.”

“The fact that Korea was selected with overwhelming support means that it has set another milestone as a model country for liberal democracy,” he added.