Azerbaijan seeks seat on new U.N. Council

According to Associated Press, countries must receive an absolute majority of the 191 U.N. member states - or 96 votes.

A list of the candidates by region:

-Africa (13 seats total): Algeria, Cameroon, Djibouti, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia.

-Asia (13 seats): Bangladesh, Bahrain, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand.

-Eastern Europe (six seats): Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Solvenia, Ukraine.

-Latin America and Caribbean (eight seats): Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

-Western Europe and other states (seven seats): Britain, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland.