List of members of the United Nations Security Council

Membership of the United Nations Security Council is held by the five permanent members and ten elected, non-permanent members. Prior to 1966, there were six elected members, while the permanent members have in essence not changed since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, apart from the representation of China. Elected members hold their place on the Council for a two-year term, and half of these places are contested each year. To ensure geographical continuity, a certain number of members is allocated for each of the five UN regional groupings.

Current membership

Permanent members

Country	Regional Group	Member Since
People's Republic of China	Asia-Pacific Group	1971, replaced the Republic of China
France	Western European and Others Group	1958, replaced French Fourth Republic
Russian Federation	Eastern European Group	1991, replaced the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Kingdom	Western European and Others Group	1946
United States	Western European and Others Group	1946

Non-permanent members

Country	Regional Group	Term Began	Term Ends
Angola	African Group	2015	2016
Egypt	African Group	2016	2017
Japan	Asia-Pacific Group	2016	2017
Malaysia	Asia-Pacific Group	2015	2016
New Zealand	Western European and Others Group	2015	2016
Senegal	African Group	2016	2017
Spain	Western European and Others Group	2015	2016
Ukraine	Eastern European Group	2016	2017
Uruguay	Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)	2016	2017
Venezuela	Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)	2015	2016

Members of the current UNSC on the map of the world

  Permanent members

  Non-permanent members

Regional Groups

  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

  Non-UN state or territory

• African Group: 3 members
• Asia-Pacific Group:^{[lower-alpha 1]} 2 members
• Eastern European Group (CEIT, or Countries with Economies in Transition): 1 member
• Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC): 2 members
• Western European and Others Group (WEOG): 2 members; at least one of these must be from Western Europe^[1]

In addition, one of the non-permanent members of the council is an Arab country, alternately from the African or Asia-Pacific groups. This rule was added to the system in 1967 for it to be applied beginning with 1968.

Each year the UN General Assembly elects five new members for a two-year term; these elections always begin in October of the year, and continue until the two-thirds majority for the number of countries for each region has been reached. Re-election is allowed, but the term must not be consecutive.

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 elected spaces.

Previous and future Security Council composition

From 1946 to 1965, the security council included six non-permanent members. The regional grouping at that time was:

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

There were some exceptions to this grouping: Liberia took the place of a Western European country in 1961; the Ivory Coast substituted a member of the Commonwealth in 1964–1965; and the Eastern Europe group included Asian countries from 1956.

As part of a proposed expansion of the Security Council, Brazil, Germany, India and Japan, collectively the Group of 4 or G4 nations, are seeking permanent representation on this body.

Membership by year

Permanent

Year	Chinese seat	French seat	Soviet/Russian seat	British seat	American seat
1945	Republic of China	French Fourth Republic	Soviet Union	United Kingdom	United States
1949	Republic of China (Taiwan)
1958		French Fifth Republic
1971	People's Republic of China (Beijing)
1992–present			Russian Federation

Non-permanent (1946–1965)

Year	Latin American Seats		Commonwealth Seat	Eastern European & Asian Seat[lower-alpha 2]	Middle Eastern Seat	Western European Seat
1946	Brazil	Mexico	Australia	Poland	Egypt	Netherlands
1947		Colombia			Syria	Belgium
1948	Argentina		Canada	Ukraine
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	Italy
1960	Ecuador		Ceylon	Poland
1961		Chile		Turkey	United Arab Republic	Liberia[lower-alpha 3]
1962	Venezuela		Ghana	Romania		Ireland
1963		Brazil		Philippines	Morocco[lower-alpha 4]	Norway
1964	Bolivia		Ivory Coast[lower-alpha 5]	Czechoslovakia
1965		Uruguay		Malaysia	Jordan	Netherlands

Non-permanent (1966–present)

Year	African Group			Asia-Pacific Group		Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)		Western European and Others Group		Eastern European Group
	* indicates Arab nations' representative
1966	Mali	Nigeria	Uganda	Japan	Jordan *	Argentina	Uruguay	Netherlands	New Zealand	Bulgaria
1967			Ethiopia		India		Brazil	Canada	Denmark
1968	Algeria *	Senegal		Pakistan		Paraguay				Hungary
1969			Zambia		Nepal		Colombia	Finland	Spain
1970	Burundi	Sierra Leone		Syria *		Nicaragua				Poland
1971			Somalia		Japan		Argentina	Belgium	Italy
1972	Guinea	Sudan *		India		Panama				Yugoslavia
1973			Kenya		Indonesia		Peru	Australia	Austria
1974	Cameroon	Mauritania		Iraq *		Costa Rica				Byelorussia
1975			Tanzania		Japan		Guyana	Italy	Sweden
1976	Benin	Libya *		Pakistan		Panama				Romania
1977			Mauritius		India		Venezuela	Canada	West Germany
1978	Gabon	Nigeria		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[lower-alpha 6]	Egypt *		India		Peru				Ukraine
1985			Madagascar		Thailand		Trinidad and Tobago	Australia	Denmark
1986	Congo	Ghana		United Arab Emirates *		Venezuela				Bulgaria
1987			Zambia		Japan		Argentina	West Germany	Italy
1988	Algeria *	Senegal		Nepal		Brazil				Yugoslavia
1989			Ethiopia		Malaysia		Colombia	Canada	Finland
1990	Ivory Coast	Zaire		Yemen *[lower-alpha 7]		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	Egypt *	Guinea-Bissau		South Korea		Chile				Poland
1997			Kenya		Japan		Costa Rica	Portugal	Sweden
1998	Gabon	Gambia		Bahrain *		Brazil				Slovenia
1999			Namibia		Malaysia		Argentina	Canada	Netherlands
2000	Mali	Tunisia *		Bangladesh		Jamaica				Ukraine
2001			Mauritius		Singapore		Colombia	Ireland	Norway
2002	Cameroon	Guinea		Syria *		Mexico				Bulgaria
2003			Angola		Pakistan		Chile	Germany	Spain
2004	Algeria *	Benin		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	Gabon	Nigeria		Lebanon *		Brazil				Bosnia and Herzegovina
2011			South Africa		India		Colombia	Germany	Portugal
2012	Morocco *	Togo		Pakistan		Guatemala				Azerbaijan
2013			Rwanda		South Korea		Argentina	Australia	Luxembourg
2014	Chad	Nigeria		Jordan *		Chile				Lithuania
2015			Angola		Malaysia		Venezuela	New Zealand	Spain
2016	Egypt *	Senegal		Japan		Uruguay				Ukraine
2017			Ethiopia		Kazakhstan		Bolivia	Italy	Sweden

List by number of years as Security Council member

This list contains the 130 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 124 modern nations. These, combined with the 69 modern nations that have never been elected to the UNSC to date (see Non-members, below), make up the entirety of the 193 current members of the UN.

Years on the Security Council, as of 2016, including current year where relevant :

  Indicates permanent member

  Indicates current elected member (2016)

  Indicates former United Nations member

Years[lower-alpha 8]	Country	First Year	Most Recent Year	Regional Group	Notes
71	France	1946	2016	WEOG	Permanent member
71	United Kingdom	1946	2016	WEOG	Permanent member
71	United States	1946	2016	WEOG	Permanent member
46	Soviet Union	1946	1991	E. European	Former permanent member, replaced by Russian Federation
45	People's Republic of China	1971	2016	Asia-Pacific	Permanent member
26	Republic of China	1946	1971	Asian	Former permanent member, replaced by People's Republic of China
25	Russian Federation	1991	2016	E. European	Permanent member
21	Japan	1958	2016	Asia-Pacific	Current membership of Security Council expires 31 December 2017
20	Brazil	1946	2011	GRULAC
18	Argentina	1948	2014	GRULAC
14	Colombia	1947	2012	GRULAC
14	India	1950	2012	Asia-Pacific
14	Pakistan	1952	2013	Asia-Pacific
12	Canada	1948	2000	WEOG
12	Italy	1959	2008	WEOG
10	Australia	1946	2014	WEOG
10	Belgium	1947	2008	WEOG
10	Chile	1952	2015	GRULAC
10	Egypt	1946	2016	African (Arabic)	Includes 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; current membership of Security Council expires 31 December 2017
10	Germany	1977	2012	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)
10	Nigeria	1966	2015	African
10	Panama	1958	2008	GRULAC
10	Spain	1969	2016	WEOG	Current membership of Security Council expires 31 December 2016
10	Venezuela	1962	2016	GRULAC	Current membership of Security Council expires 31 December 2016
9	Netherlands	1946	2000	WEOG
9	Poland	1946	1997	E. European
8	Denmark	1953	2006	WEOG
8	Norway	1949	2002	WEOG
8	Peru	1955	2007	GRULAC
7	Malaysia	1965	2016	Asia-Pacific	Current membership of Security Council expires 31 December 2016
7	Mexico	1946	2010	GRULAC
7	New Zealand	1954	2016	WEOG	Current membership of Security Council expires 31 December 2016
7	Romania	1962	2005	E. European
7	Syria	1947	2003	Asia-Pacific (Arabic)	Includes 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
7	Turkey	1951	2010	WEOG
7	Ukraine	1948	2016	E. European	Includes 4 years of membership under the name of  Ukrainian SSR; Ukrainian SSR held its own seat in the General Assembly while being part of the Soviet Union during its 45 years of Security Council membership; current membership of Security Council expires in December 2017
7	Yugoslavia	1950	1989	E. European	Predecessor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia
6	Algeria	1968	1989	African (Arabic)
6	Austria	1973	2010	WEOG
6	Bulgaria	1966	2003	E. European
6	Costa Rica	1974	2009	GRULAC
6	Cuba	1949	1991	GRULAC
6	Ecuador	1950	1992	GRULAC
6	Gabon	1978	2011	African
6	Ghana	1962	2007	African
6	Indonesia	1973	2008	Asia-Pacific
6	Jordan	1965	2015	Asia-Pacific (Arabic)
6	Morocco	1963	2013	African (Arabic)
6	Philippines	1957	2004	Asia-Pacific
6	Portugal	1979	2012	WEOG
6	Sweden	1957	1998	WEOG
6	Tunisia	1959	2003	African (Arabic)
6	Zambia	1969	1988	African
5	Ireland	1962	2002	WEOG
5	Senegal	1968	2016	African	Current membership of Security Council expires 31 December 2017
5	Uganda	1966	2010	African
4	Angola	2003	2016	African	Current membership of Security Council expires in December 2016
4	Bangladesh	1979	2001	Asia-Pacific
4	Benin	1976	2005	African
4	Bolivia	1964	1979	GRULAC
4	Burkina Faso	1984	2009	African	For first 7 months of membership of the Security council in 1984 was known as Upper Volta.
4	Cameroon	1974	2003	African
4	Côte d'Ivoire	1964	1991	African
4	Ethiopia	1967	1990	African
4	Finland	1969	1990	WEOG
4	Greece	1952	2006	WEOG
4	Guinea	1972	2003	African
4	Guyana	1975	1983	GRULAC
4	Hungary	1968	1993	E. European
4	Iraq	1957	1975	Asia-Pacific (Arabic)
4	Jamaica	1979	2001	GRULAC
4	Kenya	1973	1998	African
4	Lebanon	1953	2011	Asia-Pacific (Arabic)
4	Libya	1976	2009	African (Arabic)
4	Mali	1966	2001	African
4	Mauritius	1977	2002	African
4	Nepal	1969	1989	Asia-Pacific
4	Nicaragua	1970	1984	GRULAC
4	Republic of the Congo	1986	2007	African
4	Republic of Korea	1996	2014	Asia-Pacific
4	Rwanda	1994	2014	African
4	South Africa	2007	2012	African
4	Tanzania	1975	2006	African
4	Togo	1982	2013	African
4	Zaire	1982	1991	African	Now known as Democratic Republic of the Congo
4	Zimbabwe	1983	1992	African
3	Czechoslovakia	1964	1979	E. European	Predecessor of Czech Republic and Slovakia
3	Uruguay	1965	2016	GRULAC	Current membership of Security Council expires in December 2017
2	Azerbaijan	2012	2013	E. European	Was part of the Soviet Union during its 45 years of Security Council membership
2	Bahrain	1998	1999	Asia-Pacific (Arabic)
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2010	2011	E. European	Was also part of the SFR Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership
2	Botswana	1995	1996	African
2	Burundi	1970	1971	African
2	Byelorussian SSR	1974	1975	E. European	Now known as Belarus; Byelorussian SSR held its own seat in the General Assembly while being part of the Soviet Union during its 45 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 (Arabic)	Was a colony of France from 1900 to 11 August 1960;
2	Croatia	2008	2009	E. European	Was also part of the SFR Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership
2	Czech Republic	1994	1995	E. European	Was also part of Czechoslovakia during its 3 years of Security Council membership
2	Djibouti	1993	1994	African
2	Gambia	1998	1999	African
2	East Germany	1980	1981	E. European	Now subsumed into Germany, which has 5 years of Security Council membership since it has included the former territory of East Germany
2	Guatemala	2012	2013	GRULAC
2	Guinea-Bissau	1996	1997	African
2	Honduras	1995	1996	GRULAC
2	Iran	1955	1956	Asia-Pacific
2	Kuwait	1978	1979	Asia-Pacific (Arabic)
2	Lithuania	2014	2015	E. European	Was part of the Soviet Union from 3 August 1940 to 11 March 1990; Membership of Security Council expired in December 2015
2	Luxembourg	2013	2014	WEOG
2	Madagascar	1985	1986	African
2	Malta	1983	1984	WEOG
2	Mauritania	1974	1975	African
2	Namibia	1999	2000	African
2	Niger	1980	1981	African
2	Oman	1994	1995	Asia-Pacific (Arabic)
2	Paraguay	1968	1969	GRULAC
2	Sierra Leone	1970	1971	African
2	Singapore	2001	2002	Asia-Pacific	Was also part of Malaysia for several months of 1965 during its membership of the Security Council
2	Slovakia	2006	2007	E. European	Was also part of Czechoslovakia during its 3 years of Security Council membership
2	Slovenia	1998	1999	E. European	Was also part of the SFR Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership
2	Somalia	1971	1972	African
2	Sudan	1972	1973	African (Arabic)
2	Thailand	1985	1986	Asia-Pacific
2	Trinidad and Tobago	1985	1986	GRULAC
2	Qatar	2006	2007	Asia-Pacific (Arabic)
2	United Arab Emirates	1986	1987	Asia-Pacific (Arabic)
2	United Arab Republic	1961	1962	African (Arabic)	Predecessor of Syria and Egypt
2	Vietnam	2008	2009	Asia-Pacific
2	Yemen	1990	1991	Asia-Pacific (Arabic)	The entity elected, and which held the Security Council seat for the first five months of membership, was South Yemen: unification with North Yemen occurred during the time of membership.
1	Liberia	1961	1961	African	Served only one year[lower-alpha 9]

Future candidacies

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

	Africa	Asia-Pacific	Eastern Europe	GRULAC	WEOG
2017	Ivory Coast[3]	Kuwait,[4][5] Yemen[4][5]	Poland[6]	Peru[7]	–
2018	?	Indonesia,[4][8] Maldives[4][9]	–	?	Belgium,[10][11][12] Germany,[11][12] Israel[11][12]
2019	?	India,[13][14] Vietnam[8][15]	Estonia[16]	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[4]	–
2020	?	Afghanistan[14]	–	?	Ireland,[17] Norway,[18] San Marino,[19] Canada[20]
2021	?	Bahrain,[5] United Arab Emirates[14]	Albania[21]	?	–
2022	?	Mongolia[22][14]	–	?	Switzerland,[23] Malta[4]
2023	?	Tajikistan[24]	?	Guyana[4]	–
2024	?	Pakistan[4]	–	?	Greece,[25] Denmark[19]
2025	?	?	Latvia,[26] Montenegro[27]	?	–
2026	?	The Philippines[8]	–	?	Portugal,[28] Austria[19]
2027	?	Republic of Korea[29]	?	?	–
2028	?	Iran[30]	–	?	Australia,[31] Finland[19]
2029	?	?	Croatia[32]	?	–
2031	?	?	Armenia[33]	?	–

Serbia^[34] as a member of the Eastern European Group has also expressed their wish to apply for United Nations Security Council membership in the future, but did not specify any term.

Non-members

As of July 2011, there are currently 193 members of the United Nations and five permanent members of the Security Council. The other ten seats are assigned amongst the remaining 188 members. As a result, many members have never been on the Security Council. The following list is a summary of all countries, currently 69 modern nations^[35] 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 the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Member states of the United Nations that have never been members of the United Nations Security Council as of January 2016.

  Indicates former United Nations member

UN Member state	Regional Group	Security Council membership as part of another entity
Afghanistan	Asia-Pacific
Albania	E. European
Andorra	WEOG
Antigua and Barbuda	GRULAC	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1632 to 1 November 1980
Armenia	E. European	Was part of the Soviet Union from 29 November 1920 to 25 December 1991
Bahamas	GRULAC	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1717 to 10 July 1973
Barbados	GRULAC	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1625 to 30 November 1966
Belize	GRULAC	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1862 to 21 September 1981
Bhutan	Asia-Pacific
Brunei	Asia-Pacific	Was a protectorate of the United Kingdom from 1888 to 1984, and was occupied by Japan from 1941 to 1945
Cambodia	Asia-Pacific	Was a colony of France from 1863 to 9 November 1953
Central African Republic	African	Was a colony of France from 1894 to 13 August 1960
Comoros	African	Was a colony of France from 1841 to 6 July 1975
Cyprus	Asia-Pacific	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 5 November 1914 to 16 August 1960
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Asia-Pacific
Dominica	GRULAC	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1783 to 3 November 1978
Dominican Republic	GRULAC
El Salvador	GRULAC
Equatorial Guinea	African	Equatorial Guinea was a colony of Spain until 1968, but Spain's first term on the UNSC was in 1969
Eritrea	African	Was under the administration of the United Kingdom from 1941 to 1947, then a United Nations Trust Territory from 1947 to 1952, then part of Ethiopia from 1952 to 24 May 1993
Estonia	E. European	Was part of the Soviet Union from 1944 to 20 August 1991
Fiji	Asia-Pacific	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1874 to 10 October 1970
Georgia	E. European	Was part of the Soviet Union from 25 February 1921 to 25 December 1991
Grenada	GRULAC	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1763 to 7 February 1974
Haiti	GRULAC
Iceland	WEOG
Israel	None / WEOG[lower-alpha 10]	Part of a League of Nations mandate under United Kingdom administration from 25 April 1920 to 14 May 1948
Kazakhstan	Asia-Pacific	Was part of the Soviet Union from 26 April 1920 to 25 December 1991
Kiribati	Asian / None[lower-alpha 11]	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1892 to 12 July 1979
Kyrgyzstan	Asia-Pacific	Was part of the Soviet Union from 1 February 1926 to 25 December 1991
Laos	Asia-Pacific	Was a colony of France from 1893 to 19 July 1949
Latvia	E. European	Was part of the Soviet Union from 5 August 1940 to 21 August 1991
Lesotho	African	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1884 to 4 October 1966
Liechtenstein	WEOG
Macedonia	E. European	Was part of Yugoslavia from 29 November 1943 to 3 April 1993
Malawi	African	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1891 to 6 July 1964
Maldives	Asia-Pacific	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1887 to 26 July 1965
Marshall Islands	Asia-Pacific	Was part of the League of Nations South Pacific Mandate under Japanese administration from 28 June 1919 to 17 July 1947, then part of the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands under the administration of the United States from 17 July 1947 to 21 October 1986
Federated States of Micronesia	Asia-Pacific	Was part of the League of Nations South Pacific Mandate under Japanese administration from 28 June 1919 to 17 July 1947, then part of the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands under the administration of the United States from 17 July 1947 to 3 November 1986
Moldova	E. European	Was part of the Soviet Union from 28 June 1940 to 25 December 1991
Monaco	WEOG
Mongolia	Asia-Pacific
Montenegro	E. European	Was part of Yugoslavia from 29 November 1943 to 28 April 1992[lower-alpha 12]
Mozambique	African	Mozambique was a colony of Portugal from 1498 to 25 June 1975, but Portugal's first term on the UNSC was in 1979
Myanmar	Asia-Pacific	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1824 to 4 January 1948
Nauru	Asia-Pacific	Was a United Nations Trust Territory administered by the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand from 1 January 1946 to 31 January 1968
Palau	Asia-Pacific	Was part of the League of Nations South Pacific Mandate under Japanese administration from 28 June 1919 to 17 July 1947, then part of the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands under the administration of the United States from 17 July 1947 to 1 October 1994
Papua New Guinea	Asia-Pacific	Was administered by Australia in the case of the Territory of Papua from 1905, the Territory of New Guinea as a League of Nations mandate from 1919 and as a unified Territory of Papua and New Guinea from 1949 until 16 September 1975
Saint Kitts and Nevis	GRULAC	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1713 to 19 September 1983
Saint Lucia	GRULAC	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1803 to 22 February 1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	GRULAC	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1783 to 27 October 1979
Samoa	Asia-Pacific	Was a League of Nations mandate under the administration of New Zealand from 17 December 1920 to 25 January 1947, then a United Nations Trust Territory under the administration of New Zealand from 25 January 1947 to 1 January 1962
San Marino	WEOG
São Tomé and Príncipe	African	São Tomé and Príncipe was a colony of Portugal from 1471 to 12 July 1975, but Portugal's first term on the UNSC was in 1979
Saudi Arabia	Asia-Pacific	Saudi Arabia was elected in the 2013 election, but declined the seat.[36]
Serbia	E. European	Was part of Yugoslavia from 31 January 1946 to 27 April 1992[lower-alpha 13]
Seychelles	African	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 29 June 1976
Solomon Islands	Asia-Pacific	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1893 to 7 July 1978
South Sudan	African	Was part of Sudan from the country's independence from the United Kingdom and Egypt on 1 January 1956 to 9 July 2011
Suriname	GRULAC	Was a colony of the Netherlands from 1667 to 25 November 1975
Swaziland	African	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 6 September 1968
Switzerland	WEOG
Tajikistan	Asia-Pacific	Was part of the Soviet Union from 14 October 1924 to 25 December 1991
Tanganyika	Commonwealth Seat	Was a League of Nations mandate under the administration of the United Kingdom from 20 July 1922 to 11 December 1946, then a United Nations Trust Territory under the administration of the United Kingdom until 9 December 1962, then independent until federation with Zanzibar to form Tanzania
Timor-Leste	Asia-Pacific	During the existence of the United Nations, Timor Leste has been a colony of Portugal (until 28 November 1975) and occupied by Indonesia (until 1999); Indonesia was a Security Council member in 1995-6.
Tonga	Asia-Pacific	Was a protectorate of the United Kingdom from 18 May 1900 to 4 June 1970
Turkmenistan	Asia-Pacific	Was part of the Soviet Union from 13 May 1925 to 8 December 1991
Tuvalu	Asia-Pacific	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1892 to 1 October 1978
Uzbekistan	Asia-Pacific	Was part of the Soviet Union from 13 May 1925 to 25 December 1991
Vanuatu	Asia-Pacific	Was a Condominium under joint sovereignty of the United Kingdom and France from 1906 to 30 July 1980
Zanzibar	Commonwealth Seat	Was a colony of the United Kingdom from 27 August 1896 to 10 December 1963, then independent until federation with Tanganyika to form Tanzania on 26 April 1964.
FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro	E. European	Was part of Yugoslavia from 29 November 1943 to 27 April 1992

See also

• United Nations Regional Groups
• Member states of the United Nations
• List of members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council
• List of members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights

Notes

1. "Asian group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia-Pacific group", Radio New Zealand International, 2011-08-31.
2. The Eastern Europe group included Asian countries from 1956 onwards.
3. Liberia took the place of the Western European country in 1961
4. Morocco took the place of the Middle Eastern country in 1963–1964.
5. Côte d'Ivoire took the place of a member of the Commonwealth in 1964–1965.
6. At the time of election, and until August 1984, the country was known as Republic of Upper Volta.
7. The election was secured by South Yemen, and in May 1990, during its membership of the Security Council, it unified with North Yemen to form the single country of Yemen.
8. 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.
9. Liberia retired after one year following an agreement reached on the 15th Session. Ireland was elected for the remainder of the two-year term.^[2]
10. 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.
11. As of May 2006, Kiribati is not a member of any regional group.
12. Montenegro was also part of FR Yugoslavia and of Serbia and Montenegro from 27 April 1992 to 5 June 2006, but these entities were not members of the Security Council.
13. Serbia was also part of FR Yugoslavia and of Serbia and Montenegro from 27 April 1992 to 5 June 2006, but these entities were not members of the Security Council.

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