Austria and Portugal have secured seats on the UN's most important body, but Germany has not. This brings a 40-year streak to an end. It's the most severe foreign policy defeat yet for the coalition government.

Am Ende war die Wahl in den Sicherheitsrat nicht einmal eine Zitterpartie: Österreich und Portugal haben mit weitem Vorsprung gewonnen. Die Opposition sieht eine Schlappe für…

Fifteen of the 193 UN member states sit on the UN Security Council. Germany was in competition with Austria and Portugal for two seats in the "Western Europe and Others" group.