Monrovia, June 4 -- Liberia elected to UN Security Council as a non-permanent member for the first time for 64 years Liberia obtained 181 of the 188 votes cast for the seat and will serve for two years President Joseph Boakai says the vote signals Liberia's global relevance Senior diplomats say it's "a sign of Liberia's Growing Regional Influence" By Anthony Stephens, senior correspondent with New Narratives

Liberia has overwhelmingly won a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council-64 years after it first held the role. One hundred and eighty-one of the 188 member states of the UN voted for Liberia. The vote also came nearly 22 years after the country's civil wars, which killed about 250,000 people. The Democratic Republ...