The Buzz | Netherlands and Italy agree to split Security Council term

Sweden and Kazakhstan won contested elections for coveted seats on the Security Council and the Netherlands and Italy ended a battle for another seat by agreeing to split the two-year term on the U.N.’s most powerful body.
The U.N. General Assembly met to choose five new council members and it overwhelmingly elected Ethiopia and Bolivia, who faced no opposition for seats earmarked for Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean.
But after five rounds of voting, the Netherlands and Italy who belong to the Western group of countries were deadlocked with each receiving 95 votes — and needing 127 votes to win.