2023 United Nations Security Council election

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2023 United Nations Security Council election
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  2022 6 June 2023 2024  

5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council

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United Nations Security Council membership after the elections
  Permanent members
  Non-permanent members

Members before election
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon (Africa)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana (Africa)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates (Asia–Pacific)a
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (GRULAC)
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania (EEG)

Elected Members
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone (Africa)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (Africa)a
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Asia–Pacific)
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana (GRULAC)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia (EEG)

The 2023 United Nations Security Council election was held on 6 June 2023 during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections were for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2024. In accordance with the Security Council's rotation rules, whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes, [1] [2] the five available seats were allocated as follows:

Contents

The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 202425 period.

Candidates

African Group

The candidates for two available positions were:

Asia-Pacific Group

The candidates for one available position were:

Withdrawn

Latin American and Caribbean Group

The candidate for one available position was:

Eastern European Group

The candidates for one available position were:

Result

African and Asia-Pacific Groups

African and Asia-Pacific Groups election results [9]
MemberRound 1
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 188
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 184
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 180
valid ballots192
abstentions0
present and voting192
required majority128

Latin American and Caribbean Group

Latin American and Caribbean Group election results [9]
MemberRound 1
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 191
valid ballots192
abstentions1
present and voting191
required majority128

Eastern European Group

Eastern European Group election results [9]
MemberRound 1
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 153
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 38
valid ballots192
abstentions1
present and voting191
required majority128

See also

References

  1. United Nations General Assembly Session 18 Resolution1991. Question of equitable representation on the Security Council and the Economic and Social CouncilA/RES/1991(XVIII)
  2. United Nations General Assembly Session 77 Verbatim record75. A/77/PV.75 page 1. 6 June 2023at 10 a.m. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  3. "Decisions of the Thirty-Ninth Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council" (PDF). African Union. October 14, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  4. "Decisions of the Fortieth Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council" (PDF). February 3, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  5. "Address by President Moon Jae-in at 76th Session of United Nations General Assembly". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea. September 24, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  6. "Speech of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan H.E. Mr. Sirodjidin Aslov at the 41st session of the Council of the OIC Member States Foreign Ministers". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan. 20 June 2014. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  7. "Candidature Chart of the Commonwealth Countries". Commonwealth of Nations. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. 1 2 3 Maček, Sebastijan R. (2021-12-22). "Slovenia wins US support for UN Security Council bid". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  9. 1 2 3 United Nations General Assembly Session 77 Verbatim record75. A/77/PV.75 (Resumption 1) page 1. 6 June 2023at 11 a.m. Retrieved 28 July 2024.