The 2021 United Nations Security Council election was held on 11 June 2021 during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City.Security Council Elections 2021. Security Council Report. Published May 29, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021. The elections are for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2022. 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. By tradition, this seat is expected to be filled by an Arab state in the Asia-Pacific group (the prior Arab member, Tunisia, being African). One for the Latin American and Caribbean Group One for the Eastern European Group
The five members served on the Security Council for the 2022–23 period.
Candidates African Group
Asia-Pacific Group
Latin America and the Caribbean
Eastern Europe Group
Result African and Asia-Pacific Groups
Latin American and Caribbean Group
Eastern European Group
2022 marked the first time Albania ever held a Security Council seat. It was Brazil's eleventh time, Gabon's and Ghana's fourth time, and the UAE's second time sitting on the Security Council.
See also List of members of the United Nations Security Council 2021 in the United Nations
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