In 2006, South Korea launched a yearlong, amply-financed outreach campaign that targeted all 15 Security Council members with official visits in their capitals, and that often dangled significant bilateral carrots – gestures that other candidates had neither the time nor the resources to offer. Indeed, South Korea was the only Security Council member country to conduct such a campaign.
这并不是说竞选对结果没有影响。2006年，韩国发起了一场长达一年且资金充足的宣传活动，包括赴安理会15国首都展开正式访问，并允诺双边利益上的很多甜头&mdash;&mdash;这样的姿态其他候选人既无时间也无资源来提供。事实上，韩国是唯一一个开展竞选活动的安理会成员国。