29/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - Rare compromise between Italy and Netherlands on sharing Security Council seat. On Tuesday 28 June, Italy and the Netherlands decided to share a non-permanent member seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2017-18 period, after a contest that ended in a dead heat, despite the five rounds of voting at the General Assembly. Italy will serve in 2017 and the Netherlands in 2018. According to the Dutch Foreign Minister, Bert Koenders, “the two countries...