2023 United Nations Security Council election

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

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| 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)

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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:

* Two for the African Group
* One for the Asia-Pacific Group[1]
* One for the Latin American and Caribbean Group
* One for the Eastern European Group

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

## Candidates[edit]

### Africa Group[edit]

Candidates for 2 available positions are:

* Algeria[2]
* Sierra Leone[3]

### Asia-Pacific Group[edit]

Candidates for 1 available position are:

* South Korea[4]

#### Withdrawn[edit]

* Tajikistan[5] — Withdrew in September 2022

### Eastern European Group[edit]

Candidates for 1 available position are:

* Belarus[6]
* Slovenia[6]
* P5 Endorsements:  United States[6]

### Latin American and Caribbean Group[edit]

Candidate for 1 available position is:

* Guyana[7]

## Result[edit]

### African and Asia-Pacific Groups[edit]

African and Asia-Pacific Groups election results[8]

Member  | Round 1
Sierra Leone | 188
Algeria | 184
South Korea | 180
abstentions | 4
required majority | 128

### Latin American and Caribbean Group[edit]

Latin American and Caribbean Group election results[8]

Member  | Round 1
Guyana | 191
abstentions | 1
required majority | 128

### Eastern European Group[edit]

Eastern European Group election results[8]

Member  | Round 1
Slovenia | 153
Belarus | 38
abstentions | 1
required majority | 128

## See also[edit]

* List of members of the United Nations Security Council

## References[edit]

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. ^ a b c 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.[permanent dead link]
8. ^ a b c "UN Security Council to welcome five new non-permanent members". United Nations. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.

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