United Nations Security Council election, 2024

United Nations Security Council election, 2024

2024

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

The 2024 United Nations Security Council election will be held in mid-2024 during the 78th 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 2025. 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:

• One for Africa
• One for the Asia-Pacific Group^[1]
• One for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Two for the Western European and Others Group

The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2025–26 period.

Candidates

Asia-Pacific Group

•  Pakistan^[2]

Western Europe and Others Group

•  Denmark^[3]
•  Greece^[4]

See also

• List of members of the United Nations Security Council

References

1. "Asian group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia-Pacific group", Radio New Zealand International, 2011-08-31.
2. "Candidature Chart of the Commonwealth Countries". Commonwealth of Nations. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
3. "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.