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

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.

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 October 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)

Arab nations in Eastern Africa, such as Somalia and Djibouti, may sit in the Eastern African seat without affecting any rotations. Thus there may be two Arab nations at once on the Security Council.

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
2025   Somalia   Pakistan   Panama   Denmark   Greece

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   Togo 1982 2013 African
4   United Arab Emirates 1986 2023 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
4   Tanzania 1975 2006 African
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

The following countries have made known their applications for future United Nations Security Council membership:

Year Africa Asia-Pacific Eastern Europe Latin America & Caribbean Western Europe & Others
2026–27   Liberia[10]   Bahrain[11]   Latvia[12]
  Montenegro[13] 		? –
2027–28 ?   Kyrgyzstan[14]
  Philippines[15] 		– ?   Austria[16]
  Germany[17]

  Portugal[18]

2028–29 ?   India[19]  Tajikistan[20] ? ? –
2029–30 ?   Islamic Republic of Iran
  Uzbekistan[21] 		– ?   Australia[22]
  Finland[16]
2030–31 ? ?   Croatia[23] ? –
2031–32 ? ? –   Guatemala[24] ?
2032–33 ? ?   Armenia[25] ? –
2033–34 ?   Afghanistan – ? ?
2037–38 ? ? – ?   Belgium[26]
2042–43 ?   Qatar ? ? –

Non-members

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The United Nations Charter requires that elections to the Security Council take into account "the contribution of Members...to the maintenance of international peace and security". As a result, many nations, small or otherwise, have never been on the Security Council. The following list is a summary of all countries, currently 61 modern nations[27] and three historical ones that have never been a member of the United Nations Security Council. The three historical UN members listed 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
  Indicates former United Nations member
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.[28]
  Serbia E. European Was a republic of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership until 27 April 1992[o]
  Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro E. European Was part of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership until 27 April 1992
  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
  Tanganyika Commonwealth Seat 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
  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
  Zanzibar Commonwealth Seat 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

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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.

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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://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-ecowas-endorses-liberias-candidacy-un-security-council [bare URL]
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  12. ^ "Dombrovskis and UN secretary general discuss UN priorities and Latvia's interests". The Baltic Course. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  13. ^ "Minister Describes Use of Force to Address Problems as 'Ineffective, Meaningless and Destructive', on Fourth Day of General Assembly's Annual Debate". United Nations. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Kyrgyzstan bids for non-permanent UN Security Council members". akipress.com. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  15. ^ "46th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting Joint Communiqué". VietnamPlus. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "Federal Chancellor Scholz at the UN General Assembly 2022". bundesregierung.de. German Federal Government. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  18. ^ "Non-Permanent Member of the Security Council 2027–2028". Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  19. ^ "India Declares Candidature For UN Security Council Membership For 2028–29 Term". NDTV. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  20. ^ "OIC Candidacies". Organization of Islamic Cooperation. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  21. ^ "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.
  22. ^ "General Debate Statement by The Hon Julie Bishop MP Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia" (PDF). United Nations. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  23. ^ "MVP RH". Un.mfa.hr.
  24. ^ "India, Guatemala to support each other for UNSC membership". Thestatesman.com. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  25. ^ "Uruguay and Armenia support each other at UN Security Council". News.am. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  26. ^ "Belgium candidate for a new UN Security Council mandate". Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  27. ^ "Countries Never Elected Members". United Nations. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  28. ^ 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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