Algeria and five other countries elected as non permanent members of the United Nations Security Council Sierra Leone Slovenia
The 77th United Nations General Assembly held a plenary meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York on the 6th, electing Sierra Leone, Algeria, South Korea, Guyana, and Slovenia as non permanent members of the Security Council for a term of two years starting from January 1, 2024.
According to the principle of regional rotation, the seats for this election are 2 in Africa, 1 in Asia Pacific, 1 in Eastern Europe, and 1 in Latin America and the Caribbean. Except for the Eastern European region group, the candidate countries in the other groups have no competitors.
On that day, Sierra Leone, Algeria, South Korea, and Guyana were elected with 188, 184, 180, and 191 votes respectively, receiving more than two-thirds of the votes from the United Nations General Assembly. Slovenia and Belarus compete for seats in the Eastern European regional group. In the end, Slovenia was elected with 153 votes, while Belarus lost with 38 votes.
The five countries elected this time will replace the United Arab Emirates, Ghana, Gabon, Brazil, and Albania from January 1, 2024. At present, the other five non permanent members of the Security Council are Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland, with a term until the end of 2024.
The United Nations Security Council is composed of 15 members, including 5 permanent members from China, the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, and France, as well as 10 non permanent members. The term of non permanent members is two years, with five seats replaced annually through elections and cannot be re elected. The 15 members of the Security Council will take turns serving as chairpersons for a period of one month.