United Nations Security Council election, 2020

United Nations Security Council election, 2020
2020
5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council

Elected Members before election

TBD

 New Elected Members

TBD

The 2020 United Nations Security Council election will be held in June 2020 during the 74th 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 2021.

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:

The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2021–22 period.

Candidates

Asia-Pacific Group

Western European and Others Group

See also

References

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