Security Council elects 5 new non-permanent members

On June 6, the United Nations General Assembly (UN) elected Algeria, Guyana, South Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia as five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC).

According to VNA correspondent in New York, representatives of 192 member countries at the UN General Assembly voted to replace 3 non-permanent members of the Security Council representing the African and Asia- Pacific regions; 1 seat representing Eastern Europe and 1 seat representing Latin America and the Caribbean. Before the vote, only Eastern Europe had 2 candidates, Slovenia and Belarus, running, while other regions had only one candidate.

The five newly elected members will begin their two-year terms on January 1, 2024, replacing the outgoing non-permanent members of Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The remaining five non-permanent members are Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland.

The Security Council has 15 members, including 5 permanent members: the US, Russia, France, the UK, and China; and 10 non-permanent members elected by the General Assembly for a 2-year term and distributed geographically.

The Security Council is the most powerful body of the UN and only the Security Council has the power to make legally binding decisions, such as imposing sanctions and authorizing the use of force to maintain world peace and security.

THANH TUAN

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