2023 United Nations Security Council election
6 June 2023
5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
Elected Members before election

 Gabon (Africa)
 United Arab Emirates (Asia, Arab)
 Brazil (LatAm&Car)
 Ghana (Africa)
 Albania (E. Europe)

 New Elected Members

 Algeria (Africa, Arab)
 South Korea (Asia)
 Guyana (LatAm&Car)
 Sierra Leone (Africa)
 Slovenia (E. Europe)

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 are 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, the five available seats are allocated as follows:

The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2024–25 period.

Candidates

Africa Group

Candidates for 2 available positions are:

Asia-Pacific Group

Candidates for 1 available position are:

Withdrawn

Eastern European Group

Candidates for 1 available position are:

Latin American and Caribbean Group

Candidate for 1 available position is:

Result

African and Asia-Pacific Groups

African and Asia-Pacific Groups election results[8]
Member Round 1
 Sierra Leone188
 Algeria184
 South Korea180
abstentions4
required majority128

Latin American and Caribbean Group

Latin American and Caribbean Group election results[8]
Member Round 1
 Guyana191
abstentions1
required majority128

Eastern European Group

Eastern European Group election results[8]
Member Round 1
 Slovenia153
 Belarus38
abstentions1
required majority128

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Asian group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia-Pacific group", Radio New Zealand International, 2011-08-31.
  2. ↑ "Decisions of the Thirty-Ninth Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council" (PDF). African Union. October 14, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Decisions of the Fortieth Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council" (PDF). February 3, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. 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.
  7. ↑ "Candidature Chart of the Commonwealth Countries". Commonwealth of Nations. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 "UN Security Council to welcome five new non-permanent members". United Nations. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
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