Part 2. News reports.

In this section, you're going to hear two news reports.

A. Keywords. elect, non-permanent members, vote, win the majority.

Vocabulary. haggle, maneuver, ballot, contention, lobby, allot, UN General Assembly, Mauritius, Security Council, Organization of African Unity.

Listen to the first news report, complete the news summary and the following statements.

The United Nations General Assembly has elected Columbia, Ireland, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore as the new non-permanent members of the Security Council.

The vote follows several weeks of haggling and maneuvering.

Columbia, Ireland and Singapore won the required two-thirds majority on the first round of balloting.

But it took another three rounds of voting to decide on the remaining two regional seats.

Contention marked the voting for the second seat for the African and Asian group.