During the African and Asian States election results of the 1999 United Nations Security Council election which was held on October 14, 1999 in New York City, Mali and Bangladesh tied with 172 votes each.
The 1999 United Nations Security Council election was held on 14 October 1999 during the Fifty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. Bangladesh 172 Bangladesh (/bld/, Bengali: , pronounced [balade (listen)), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. Tunisia 172 Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa, covering 163,610 square kilometres (63,170 square miles). 
