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Map showing the members of the United Nations Security Council as of 2024, with permanent members (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) in blue, and non-permanent members (Algeria, Ecuador, Guyana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, and Switzerland) in green.

Membership of the United Nations Security Council is held by the five permanent members and ten elected, non-permanent members.

Being elected requires a two-thirds majority vote from the United Nations General Assembly. Elected members hold their place on the council for a two-year term, with five seats contested in even years and five seats contested in odd years. An outgoing member cannot be immediately re-elected.

Elections usually begin in June for a term starting January 1. Because of the two-thirds majority requirement, it is possible for two evenly matched candidates to deadlock with approximately half the vote each, sometimes needing weeks of negotiations to resolve.

Non-permanent seats are distributed geographically, with a certain number of seats allocated to each of the five United Nations Regional Groups.

Current membership

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Permanent members
Country Regional Group Member since
 China Asia-Pacific Group 25 October 1971, replaced the Republic of China
 France Western European and Others Group 24 October 1945
 Russia Eastern European Group 26 December 1991, replaced the Soviet Union
 United Kingdom Western European and Others Group 24 October 1945
 United States Western European and Others Group 24 October 1945
Non-permanent members
Country Regional Group Term began Term ends
 Algeria African Group (Arab) 2024 2025
 Ecuador Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) 2023 2024
 Guyana Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) 2024 2025
 Japan Asia-Pacific Group 2023 2024
 Malta Western European and Others Group (WEOG) 2023 2024
 Mozambique African Group 2023 2024
 South Korea Asia-Pacific Group 2024 2025
 Sierra Leone African Group 2024 2025
 Slovenia Eastern European Group (EEG) 2024 2025
  Switzerland Western European and Others Group (WEOG) 2023 2024

Regional Groups

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  African Group
  Asia-Pacific Group
  Eastern European Group
  Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
  Western European and Others Group
  UN member not in any voting group
  Observer states
  Non-UN state or territory

The ten non-permanent seats have the following distribution:

In addition, one of the five African/Asian seats is an Arab country, alternating between the two groups. This rule was added in 1967 for it to be applied beginning with 1968.

Electoral timetable
Term beginning in years that are: Odd Even
African Group one member two members *
Asia-Pacific Group one member one member *
Eastern European Group none one member
Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) one member one member
Western European and Others Group two members none

* The representative of Arab nations alternates between these two spaces.

The odd/even distribution was effectively decided by the January 1946 and 1965 elections (the first ever election, and the first election after the expansion of seats). For each of the six and four members in the newly created seats, the UN General Assembly voted to grant either a 1-year or 2-year term.

Previous Security Council composition

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From 1946 to 1965, the Security Council had six non-permanent members. Due to a lack of African and Asian member states, the seats had the following distribution:

  • Latin America: 2 members
  • Commonwealth of Nations: 1 member
  • Eastern Europe: 1 member
  • Middle East: 1 member
  • Western Europe: 1 member

As decolonization increased the number of Asian and African member states without a group, they began to contest other seats: Ivory Coast substituted a member of the Commonwealth in 1964–1965, the Eastern European seat regularly included Asian countries from 1956, Liberia took the place of a Western European country in 1961, and Mali successfully contested the Middle Eastern seat in December 1964 (the Security Council would be expanded before Mali's term began).

An amendment to the UN Charter ratified in 1965 increased the number of non-permanent seats to 10, and the Regional Groups were formalized. The amendment effectively created three African seats and one Asian seat (if treating the Commonwealth seat as a WEOG seat and the Middle Eastern seat as an Asian seat[a]).

Membership by year

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Permanent

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Year Chinese seat French seat Soviet/Russian seat British seat American seat
1945 Republic of China Prov. Gov. of France  Union of Soviet Socialist Republics  United Kingdom  United States
1946 French Fourth Republic
1949 Republic of China (Taiwan)
1958 French Fifth Republic
1971  China
1991–present  Russia

Non-permanent (1946–1965)

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Year Latin American Seats Commonwealth Seat Eastern European
& Asian Seat[b] 		Middle Eastern Seat Western European Seat
1946  Brazil  Mexico  Australia  Poland  Egypt  Netherlands
1947  Colombia Syria  Belgium
1948  Argentina  Canada  Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
1949  Cuba  Egypt  Norway
1950  Ecuador  India  Yugoslavia
1951  Brazil  Turkey  Netherlands
1952 Chile  Pakistan  Greece
1953  Colombia  Lebanon  Denmark
1954  Brazil  New Zealand  Turkey
1955 Peru  Iran  Belgium
1956  Cuba  Australia  Yugoslavia
1957  Colombia Philippines  Iraq  Sweden
1958  Panama  Canada  Japan
1959  Argentina  Tunisia[c]  Italy
1960  Ecuador  Ceylon  Poland
1961 Chile  Turkey  United Arab Republic  Liberia[d]
1962  Venezuela  Ghana  Romania  Ireland
1963 Brazil Philippines  Morocco[c]  Norway
1964 Bolivia  Ivory Coast[e]  Czechoslovakia
1965  Uruguay  Malaysia  Jordan  Netherlands

Non-permanent (1966–present)

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The African Union uses an internal rotation system to distribute seats based on its subregions:[3][4]

  • 1 odd-year seat alternates between Eastern Africa and Southern Africa (only Eastern Africa prior to the creation of the Southern Africa subregion in 1979)
  • 1 even-year seat is allocated to Western Africa
  • 1 even-year seat alternates between Northern Africa (the Arab nation seat) and Central Africa (with one exception at the beginning in 1966)

Aside from the Asia-Pacific Group also allocating an Arab nation seat every four years (in even years not divisible by 4), other regional groups do not have their own subregional rotation systems.[2][5] The Arab nation seat is starred below.

The Western European and Others Group in part contains three caucusing subgroups (Benelux, the Nordic countries, and CANZ[f]), whose candidates informally coordinate with each other.[6][5] While this has not resulted in a stable rotation system, it effectively guarantees that both seats will never be occupied by a single subgroup at the same time.[1]

Year African Group Asia-Pacific Group Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) Western European and Others Group Eastern European Group
Eastern/Southern Western Northern/Central
1966 Uganda  Mali Nigeria[g]  Japan  Jordan*  Argentina  Uruguay  Netherlands  New Zealand  Bulgaria
1967  Ethiopia  India Brazil  Canada  Denmark
1968  Senegal  Algeria*  Pakistan Paraguay  Hungary
1969  Zambia  Nepal  Colombia  Finland  Spain
1970  Sierra Leone  Burundi  Syria*  Nicaragua  Poland
1971  Somalia  Japan  Argentina  Belgium  Italy
1972  Guinea  Sudan*  India  Panama  Yugoslavia
1973  Kenya  Indonesia Peru  Australia  Austria
1974  Mauritania  Cameroon  Iraq*  Costa Rica  Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
1975  Tanzania  Japan  Guyana  Italy  Sweden
1976  Benin  Libya*  Pakistan  Panama  Romania
1977  Mauritius  India  Venezuela  Canada  West Germany
1978 Nigeria  Gabon  Kuwait* Bolivia  Czechoslovakia
1979  Zambia  Bangladesh  Jamaica  Norway  Portugal
1980  Niger  Tunisia* Philippines  Mexico  East Germany
1981 Uganda  Japan  Panama  Ireland  Spain
1982  Togo  Zaire  Jordan*  Guyana  Poland
1983  Zimbabwe  Pakistan  Nicaragua  Malta  Netherlands
1984  Burkina Faso[h]  Egypt*  India Peru  Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
1985 Madagascar  Thailand  Trinidad and Tobago  Australia  Denmark
1986  Ghana  Congo  United Arab Emirates*  Venezuela  Bulgaria
1987  Zambia  Japan  Argentina  West Germany  Italy
1988  Senegal  Algeria*  Nepal  Brazil  Yugoslavia
1989  Ethiopia  Malaysia  Colombia  Canada  Finland
1990  Ivory Coast  Zaire  Yemen*[i]  Cuba  Romania
1991  Zimbabwe  India  Ecuador  Austria  Belgium
1992  Cape Verde  Morocco*  Japan  Venezuela  Hungary
1993  Djibouti  Pakistan  Brazil  New Zealand  Spain
1994 Nigeria  Rwanda  Oman*  Argentina  Czech Republic
1995  Botswana  Indonesia  Honduras  Germany  Italy
1996  Guinea-Bissau  Egypt* South Korea  Chile  Poland
1997  Kenya  Japan  Costa Rica  Portugal  Sweden
1998  The Gambia  Gabon  Bahrain*  Brazil  Slovenia
1999  Namibia  Malaysia  Argentina  Canada  Netherlands
2000  Mali  Tunisia*  Bangladesh  Jamaica  Ukraine
2001  Mauritius  Singapore  Colombia  Ireland  Norway
2002  Guinea  Cameroon  Syria*  Mexico  Bulgaria
2003  Angola  Pakistan  Chile  Germany  Spain
2004  Benin  Algeria*  Philippines  Brazil  Romania
2005  Tanzania  Japan  Argentina  Denmark  Greece
2006  Ghana  Congo  Qatar*  Peru  Slovakia
2007  South Africa  Indonesia  Panama  Belgium  Italy
2008  Burkina Faso  Libya*  Vietnam  Costa Rica  Croatia
2009  Uganda  Japan  Mexico  Austria  Turkey
2010  Nigeria  Gabon  Lebanon*  Brazil  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2011  South Africa  India  Colombia  Germany  Portugal
2012  Togo  Morocco*  Pakistan  Guatemala  Azerbaijan
2013  Rwanda  South Korea  Argentina  Australia  Luxembourg
2014  Nigeria  Chad  Jordan*  Chile  Lithuania
2015  Angola  Malaysia  Venezuela  New Zealand  Spain
2016  Senegal  Egypt*  Japan  Uruguay  Ukraine
2017  Ethiopia  Kazakhstan  Bolivia  Italy  Sweden
2018  Ivory Coast  Equatorial Guinea  Kuwait*  Peru  Netherlands[7]  Poland
2019  South Africa  Indonesia  Dominican Republic  Belgium  Germany
2020  Niger  Tunisia*  Vietnam  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Estonia
2021  Kenya  India  Mexico  Ireland  Norway
2022  Ghana  Gabon  United Arab Emirates*  Brazil  Albania
2023  Mozambique  Japan  Ecuador  Malta   Switzerland
2024  Sierra Leone  Algeria*  South Korea  Guyana  Slovenia

List by number of years as Security Council member

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This list contains the 138 United Nations member states so far elected to the United Nations Security Council, including the five permanent members, all listed by number of years each country has so far spent on the UNSC. Of all the members, 6 have so far ceased to exist, leaving the list with 132 modern nations. These, combined with the 61 modern nations that have never been elected to the UNSC to date (see Non-members, below), make up the 193 current members of the UN.

Years on the Security Council, as of 2024, including current year where relevant :

  Indicates permanent member
  Indicates current elected member (2024)
  Indicates former United Nations member
Years[j] Country First Year Most Recent Year Regional Group Notes
79  France 1945 2024 WEOG Permanent member
79  United Kingdom 1945 2024 WEOG Permanent member
79  United States 1945 2024 WEOG Permanent member
53  China 1971 2024 Asia-Pacific Permanent member
46  Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1945 1991 E. European Former permanent member, replaced by the Russian Federation
33  Russia 1991 2024 E. European Permanent member
26  Republic of China 1945 1971 Asian Former permanent member, replaced by the People's Republic of China
24  Japan 1958 2024 Asia-Pacific
22  Brazil 1946 2023 GRULAC
18  Argentina 1948 2014 GRULAC
16  India 1950 2022 Asia-Pacific
14  Colombia 1947 2012 GRULAC
14  Pakistan 1952 2013 Asia-Pacific Elected to serve a two-year term from 2025–2026
13  Italy 1959 2017 WEOG
12  Belgium 1947 2020 WEOG
12  Canada 1948 2000 WEOG
12  Germany 1977 2020 WEOG Includes 4 years when the Federal Republic of Germany consisted only of West Germany (but does not include East Germany's 2 years, listed separately below).
11  Poland 1946 2019 E. European
10  Australia 1946 2014 WEOG
10  Chile 1952 2015 GRULAC
10  Netherlands 1946 2018 WEOG
10  Nigeria 1966 2015 African
10  Norway 1949 2022 WEOG
10  Panama 1958 2008 GRULAC Elected to serve a two-year term from 2025–2026
10  Peru 1955 2019 GRULAC
10  Spain 1969 2016 WEOG
10  Venezuela 1962 2016 GRULAC
9  Egypt 1946 2017 African (Arab) Excludes 2 years with the seat held in the name of the United Arab Republic, of which for more than 15 months UAR served as the name of modern-day Egypt
9  Mexico 1946 2022 GRULAC
8  Denmark 1953 2006 WEOG Elected to serve a two-year term from 2025–2026
8  Ecuador 1950 2024 GRULAC
8  Gabon 1978 2023 African
8  Ghana 1962 2023 African
8  Indonesia 1973 2020 Asia-Pacific
8  Sweden 1957 2018 WEOG
8  Ukraine 1948 2017 E. European Includes 4 years of membership under the name of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic; the Ukrainian SSR held its own seat in the General Assembly while being part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership
8  Tunisia 1959 2021 African (Arab)
7  Algeria 1968 2024 African (Arab)
7  Ireland 1962 2022 WEOG
7  Malaysia 1965 2016 Asia-Pacific
7  New Zealand 1954 2016 WEOG
7  Romania 1962 2005 E. European
7  Turkey 1951 2010 WEOG
7  Yugoslavia 1950 1989 E. European Predecessor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia
6  Austria 1973 2010 WEOG
6  Bulgaria 1966 2003 E. European
6  Costa Rica 1974 2009 GRULAC
6  Ivory Coast 1964 2019 African
6  Cuba 1949 1991 GRULAC
6  Ethiopia 1967 2018 African
6  Jordan 1965 2015 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
6  Kenya 1973 2022 African
6  Morocco 1963 2013 African (Arab)
6  Philippines 1957 2005 Asia-Pacific
6  Portugal 1979 2012 WEOG
6  Bolivia 1964 2018 GRULAC
6  Senegal 1968 2017 African
6  South Africa 2007 2020 African
6  Syria 1947 2003 Asia-Pacific (Arab) Excludes one year (1961) during which the United Arab Republic was a member, for the greater part of which Syria was a member of that union
6  Zambia 1969 1988 African
5  Guyana 1975 2024 GRULAC
5  South Korea 1996 2024 Asia-Pacific
5  Uganda 1966 2010 African
4  Angola 2003 2016 African
4  Bangladesh 1979 2001 Asia-Pacific
4  Benin 1976 2005 African
4  Burkina Faso 1984 2009 African For the first 7 months of membership of the Security Council in 1984 was known as Upper Volta.
4  Cameroon 1974 2003 African
4  Congo 1986 2007 African
4  Finland 1969 1990 WEOG
4  Greece 1952 2006 WEOG Elected to serve a two-year term from 2025–2026
4  Guinea 1972 2003 African
4  Hungary 1968 1993 E. European
4  Iraq 1957 1975 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
4  Jamaica 1979 2001 GRULAC
4  Kuwait 1978 2019 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
4  Lebanon 1953 2011 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
4  Libya 1976 2009 African (Arab)
4  Mali 1966 2001 African
4  Malta 1983 2024 WEOG
4  Mauritius 1977 2002 African
4    Nepal 1969 1989 Asia-Pacific
4  Nicaragua 1970 1984 GRULAC
4  Niger 1980 2021 African
4  Rwanda 1994 2014 African
4  Tanzania 1975 2006 African
4  Togo 1982 2013 African
4  United Arab Emirates 1986 2023 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
4  Uruguay 1965 2017 GRULAC
4  Vietnam 2008 2021 Asia-Pacific
4  Zaire 1982 1991 African Now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo
4  Zimbabwe 1983 1992 African
3  Czechoslovakia 1964 1979 E. European Predecessor of the Czech Republic and Slovakia
3  Sierra Leone 1970 2024 African
3  Slovenia 1998 2024 E. European Was part of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership
2  Albania 2022 2023 E. European
2  Azerbaijan 2012 2013 E. European Was part of the Soviet Union during its 46 years of Security Council membership
2  Bahrain 1998 1999 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2010 2011 E. European Was part of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership
2  Botswana 1995 1996 African
2  Burundi 1970 1971 African
2  Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic 1974 1975 E. European Now known as Belarus; the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic held its own seat in the General Assembly while being part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership
2  Cape Verde 1992 1993 African
2  Ceylon 1960 1961 Asia-Pacific Now known as Sri Lanka
2  Chad 2014 2015 African
2  Croatia 2008 2009 E. European Was part of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership
2  Czech Republic 1994 1995 E. European Was part of Czechoslovakia during its 3 years of Security Council membership
2  Djibouti 1993 1994 African
2  Dominican Republic 2019 2020 GRULAC
2  East Germany 1980 1981 E. European Now subsumed into Germany, which has 8 years of Security Council membership since it has included the former territory of East Germany
2  Estonia 2020 2021 E. European Was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership
2  Equatorial Guinea 2018 2019 African
2  Guatemala 2012 2013 GRULAC
2  Guinea-Bissau 1996 1997 African
2  Honduras 1995 1996 GRULAC
2  Iran 1955 1956 Asia-Pacific
2  Kazakhstan 2017 2018 Asia-Pacific Was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership
2  Lithuania 2014 2015 E. European Was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership
2  Luxembourg 2013 2014 WEOG
2 Madagascar 1985 1986 African
2  Mauritania 1974 1975 African
2  Mozambique 2023 2024 African
2  Namibia 1999 2000 African
2  Oman 1994 1995 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
2 Paraguay 1968 1969 GRULAC
2  Qatar 2006 2007 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
2  Gambia 1998 1999 African
2  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2020 2021 GRULAC Smallest nation to have held a place on the Security Council[8]
2  Singapore 2001 2002 Asia-Pacific Was part of Malaysia for 8 months in 1965 during its membership of the Security Council
2  Slovakia 2006 2007 E. European Was part of Czechoslovakia during its 3 years of Security Council membership
2  Somalia 1971 1972 African Elected to serve a two-year term from 2025–2026
2  Sudan 1972 1973 African (Arab)
2   Switzerland 2023 2024 WEOG
2  Thailand 1985 1986 Asia-Pacific
2  Trinidad and Tobago 1985 1986 GRULAC
2  United Arab Republic 1961 1962 Middle East Union of Syria and Egypt
1 Democratic Yemen 1990 1990 Asian (Arab) Held the Security Council seat for the first five months of membership, then unified with Yemen (i.e., North Yemen) and passed the seat to Yemen.
1  Liberia 1961 1961 African Served only one year.[k]
1  Yemen 1990 1991 Asia-Pacific (Arab) Inherited the seat from Democratic Yemen; served the remaining of the term, for one year and seven months.

Future membership

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Main articles: 2025 United Nations Security Council election and 2026 United Nations Security Council election


Year Africa Asia-Pacific Eastern Europe Latin America & Caribbean Western Europe & Others
2025–26  Somalia  Pakistan –  Panama  Denmark
 Greece
The following countries have made known their applications for future United Nations Security Council membership:
2026–27  Democratic Republic of the Congo[10]
 Liberia[11] 		 Bahrain[12]  Latvia[13]
 Montenegro[14] 		? –
2027–28  Zimbabwe[15]  Kyrgyzstan[16]
 Philippines[17] 		– ?  Austria[18]
 Germany[19]
 Portugal[20]
2028–29  Libya
 Morocco
 Nigeria[21] 		 India[22]
 Tajikistan[23] 		 Slovakia ? –
2029–30 ?  Iran
 Uzbekistan[24] 		– ?  Australia[25]
 Finland[18]
2030–31 ? ?  Croatia[26] ? –
2031–32 ? ? –  Guatemala[27] ?
2032–33  Mauritania[28] ?  Armenia[29] ? –
2033–34 ?  Afghanistan – ? ?
2037–38 ? ? – ?  Belgium[30]
2042–43 ?  Qatar ? ? –

UN members that have never been Security Council members

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This is a list of the 61 member nations that have never been members of the Security Council.[31] The three former UN members that were not elected to the Security Council during their membership are Tanganyika, Zanzibar, and Serbia and Montenegro.

Member states of the United Nations that have never been members of the United Nations Security Council as of 2024
UN Member state Regional Group Security Council membership as part of another entity
 Afghanistan Asia-Pacific
 Andorra WEOG
 Antigua and Barbuda GRULAC Was a crown colony, then an associated state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 36 years of Security Council membership until 1 November 1981
 Armenia E. European Was a union republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 45 years of Security Council membership until 23 September 1991
 Bahamas GRULAC Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 27 years of Security Council membership until 10 July 1973
 Barbados GRULAC Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 21 years of Security Council membership until 30 November 1966
 Belize GRULAC Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 35 years of Security Council membership until 21 September 1981
 Bhutan Asia-Pacific Was a protected state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 1 year of Security Council membership until 1947
 Brunei Asia-Pacific Was a protectorate of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 38 years of Security Council membership until 1 January 1984
 Cambodia Asia-Pacific Was a protectorate of France during its 8 years of Security Council membership until 9 November 1953
 Central African Republic African Was a colony of France during its 14 years of Security Council membership until 13 August 1960
 Comoros African Was an overseas territory of France during its 29 years of Security Council membership until 6 July 1975
 Cyprus Asia-Pacific Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 14 years of Security Council membership until 16 August 1960
 Dominica GRULAC Was a crown colony, then an associated state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 33 years of Security Council membership until 3 November 1978
 East Timor Asia-Pacific Was a province of Indonesia (de facto) during its 2 years of Security Council membership and an overseas province of Portugal (de jure) during its 4 years of Security Council membership until 25 October 1999
 El Salvador GRULAC
 Eritrea African Was under military administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland until 15 September 1952, then an autonomous region and then a province of Ethiopia during its 10 years of Security Council membership until 24 May 1993
 Eswatini African Was a protectorate of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 22 years of Security Council membership until 6 September 1968
 Fiji Asia-Pacific Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 24 years of Security Council membership until 10 October 1970
 Georgia E. European Was a union republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 45 years of Security Council membership until 9 April 1991
 Grenada GRULAC Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 28 years of Security Council membership until 7 February 1974
 Haiti GRULAC
 Iceland WEOG
 Israel None / WEOG[l] Part of a League of Nations mandate under administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 2 years of Security Council membership until 14 May 1948
 Kiribati Asia-Pacific / None[m] Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 33 years of Security Council membership until 12 July 1979
 Kyrgyzstan Asia-Pacific Was a union republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership until 31 August 1991
 Laos Asia-Pacific Was a protectorate of France during its 7 years of Security Council membership until 22 October 1953
 Latvia E. European Was a union republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 44 years of Security Council membership until 4 May 1990
 Lesotho African Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 20 years of Security Council until 4 October 1966
 Liechtenstein WEOG
 Malawi African Was a protectorate of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 18 years of Security Council membership until 6 July 1964
 Maldives Asia-Pacific Was a protected state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 19 years of Security Council membership until 26 July 1965
 Marshall Islands Asia-Pacific Was a district of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands under the administration of the United States of America during its 40 years of Security Council membership until 21 October 1986
 Federated States of Micronesia Asia-Pacific Was a district of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands under the administration of the United States of America during its 41 years of Security Council membership until 3 November 1986
 Moldova E. European Was a union republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 45 years of Security Council membership until 27 August 1991
 Monaco WEOG
 Mongolia Asia-Pacific
 Montenegro E. European Was a republic of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership until 27 April 1992[n]
 Myanmar Asia-Pacific Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 2 years of Security Council membership until 4 January 1948
 Nauru Asia-Pacific Was a United Nations trust territory administered by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 22 years of Security Council membership, Australia during its 4 years of Security Council membership, and New Zealand during its 3 years of Security Council membership until 31 January 1968
 North Korea Asia-Pacific Was under military occupation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 2 years of Security Council membership until 9 September 1948
 North Macedonia E. European Was a republic of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership until 8 September 1991
 Palau Asia-Pacific Was a district of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands under the administration of the United States of America during its 48 years of Security Council membership until 1 October 1994
 Papua New Guinea Asia-Pacific Was an external territory of Australia in the case of the Territory of Papua and a League of Nations mandate (later a United Nations trust territory during its union with Papua) in the case of the Territory of New Guinea during its 2 years of Security Council membership until 1 July 1949, then the unified Territory of Papua and New Guinea in Australia during its 4 years of Security Council membership until 16 September 1975
 Saint Kitts and Nevis GRULAC Was a crown colony, then an associated state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 37 years of Security Council membership until 19 September 1983
 Saint Lucia GRULAC Was a crown colony, then an associated state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 33 years of Security Council membership until 22 February 1979
 Samoa Asia-Pacific Was a League of Nations mandate, then a United Nations trust territory, under the administration of New Zealand during its 2 years of Security Council membership until 1 January 1962
 San Marino WEOG
 São Tomé and Príncipe African
 Saudi Arabia Asia-Pacific Saudi Arabia was elected in the 2013 election, but declined the seat.[32]
 Serbia E. European Was a republic of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership until 27 April 1992[o]
 Seychelles African Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 30 years of Security Council membership until 29 July 1976
 Solomon Islands Asia-Pacific Was a protectorate of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 32 years of Security Council membership until 7 July 1978
 South Sudan African Was a condominium of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Egypt during its 10 years and 3 years of Security Council membership until 1 January 1956, then part of Sudan during its 2 years of Security Council membership until 9 July 2011
 Suriname GRULAC Was a colony, then a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands during its 5 years of Security Council membership until 25 November 1975
 Tajikistan Asia-Pacific Was a union republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 45 years of Security Council membership until 9 September 1991
 Tonga Asia-Pacific Was a protected state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 24 years of Security Council membership until 4 June 1970
 Turkmenistan Asia-Pacific Was a union republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership until 27 October 1991
 Tuvalu Asia-Pacific Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 32 years of Security Council membership until 1 October 1978
 Uzbekistan Asia-Pacific Was a union republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 45 years of Security Council membership until 31 August 1991
 Vanuatu Asia-Pacific Was a condominium under joint sovereignty of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and France during its 34 years of Security Council membership until 30 July 1980

Former UN members that were never UNSC members

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Former UN Member state UN membership Security Council membership as part of another entity
 Serbia and Montenegro 1992 to 2006 Was part of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership until 27 April 1992
 Tanganyika 1961 to 1964 Was a League of Nations mandate under the administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 1 year of Security Council membership until 11 December 1946, then a United Nations trust territory under the administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland until 9 December 1961, then independent until federation with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania on 26 April 1964
Zanzibar 1963 to 1964 Was a protectorate of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 18 years of Security Council membership until 10 December 1963, then independent until federation with Tanganyika to form the United Republic of Tanzania on 26 April 1964

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ In practice, the Commonwealth seat was by then treated as a de facto African seat.[1]
  2. ^ The Eastern Europe group included Asian countries from 1956 onwards.
  3. ^ a b Tunisia and Morocco were treated as Middle Eastern countries due to being members of the Arab League.[2]
  4. ^ Liberia took the place of the Western European country in 1961
  5. ^ Ivory Coast took the place of a member of the Commonwealth in 1964–1965.
  6. ^ Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
  7. ^ Part of Western Africa, not Central Africa
  8. ^ At the time of election, and until 2 August 1984, the country was known as Upper Volta.
  9. ^ The election was secured by Democratic Yemen, and in 22 May 1990, during its membership of the Security Council, it unified with Yemen (i.e., North Yemen) to form the single country of Yemen.
  10. ^ Table shows years completed or in progress. Each term on the Council consist of 2 years. Any odd number of years are countries currently serving the first year of a term, countries with terms between 1956 and 1967, when the order of the council changed, or the three countries (Mexico, Egypt and the Netherlands) who had the first terms in 1946 and changed in 1947.
  11. ^ Liberia retired after one year following an agreement reached on the 15th Session. Ireland was elected for the remainder of the two-year term.[9]
  12. ^ Not a member of any regional group until joining the WEOG in 2000. Crossette, Barbara (3 December 1999). "Membership in Key Group Within U.N. Eludes Israel". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  13. ^ As of May 2006, Kiribati is not a member of any regional group.
  14. ^ Montenegro was also a constituent state of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and of Serbia and Montenegro from 27 April 1992 until 3 June 2006, but these entities were not members of the Security Council.
  15. ^ Serbia was also a constituent state of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and of Serbia and Montenegro from 27 April 1992 until 5 June 2006, but these entities were not members of the Security Council.

References

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  1. ^ a b The United Nations Security Council, The Green Papers Worldwide
  2. ^ a b Agam, Hasmy; Sam Daws; Terence O'Brien; Ramesh Takur (26 March 1999). What is Equitable Geographic Representation in the Twenty-First Century (PDF) (Report). United Nations University. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. ^ Endeley, Isaac (2009). Bloc Politics at the United Nations: The African Group. University Press of America. ISBN 978-0761845584.
  4. ^ Endeley, Isaac (1998). Le Groupe africain à l'ONU dans l'après-guerre froide (PDF) (PhD thesis) (in French). Université de Montréal. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Special Research Report No. 1: UN Security Council Elections 2009 : Research Report : Security Council Report".
  6. ^ "Special Research Report No. 4: Security Council Elections 2006 : Research Report : Security Council Report".
  7. ^ "Italy, Netherlands ask to share Security Council seat". Al Jazeera. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  8. ^ St. Vincent and the Grenadines breaks a record, as smallest ever Security Council seat holder, UN News
  9. ^ Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics. Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 47 – 1961. Aust. Bureau of Statistics. p. 1143. GGKEY:5SX8QTW3P5T.
  10. ^ https://africanlii.org/akn/aa-au/doc/decision/2024-02-15/1264/eng@2024-02-15/source
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  17. ^ "46th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting Joint Communiqué". VietnamPlus. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  18. ^ a b "Switzerland's candidature for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2023–2024 term" (PDF). Swiss Federal Council. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  19. ^ "Federal Chancellor Scholz at the UN General Assembly 2022". bundesregierung.de. German Federal Government. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  20. ^ "Non-Permanent Member of the Security Council 2027–2028". Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  21. ^ https://africanlii.org/akn/aa-au/doc/decision/2024-02-15/1264/eng@2024-02-15/source
  22. ^ "India Declares Candidature For UN Security Council Membership For 2028–29 Term". NDTV. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  23. ^ "OIC Candidacies". Organization of Islamic Cooperation. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  24. ^ "RESOLUTION NO.6/42-ORG ON CANDIDACIES SUBMITTED BY OIC MEMBER STATES FOR POSTS IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS". Organization of Islamic Cooperation. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  25. ^ "General Debate Statement by The Hon Julie Bishop MP Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia" (PDF). United Nations. 29 September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  26. ^ "MVP RH". Un.mfa.hr.
  27. ^ "India, Guatemala to support each other for UNSC membership". Thestatesman.com. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  28. ^ https://africanlii.org/akn/aa-au/doc/decision/2024-02-15/1264/eng@2024-02-15/source
  29. ^ "Uruguay and Armenia support each other at UN Security Council". News.am. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  30. ^ "Belgium candidate for a new UN Security Council mandate". Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  31. ^ "Countries Never Elected Members". United Nations. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  32. ^ United Nations, General Assembly, Letter dated 12 November 2013 from the Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, A/68/599 (14 November 2013), available from undocs.org/A/68/599
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