They will replace Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland, whose phrases conclusion on 31 December.

In a secret ballot, the elected nations secured the expected two-thirds bulk of Member States current and voting in the 193-member Typical Assembly.

The new customers will be part of current non-long-lasting users Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia, whose phrases began on 1 January. The 5 long term Council customers, every single wielding veto power, are China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Beneath the UN Constitution, the 15-member Security Council retains main obligation for keeping international peace and stability, and all Member States are obligated to comply with its selections.

Regional groups

The 10 non-permanent seats on the Safety Council are distributed in accordance to four regional groupings: Africa and Asia Eastern Europe Latin The us and the Caribbean and the Western European and other States group.

The candidates this yr vied for five seats beneath 3 regional teams: two for African and Asia-Pacific (one particular each individual) just one for Latin The us and the Caribbean and two for Western Europe and other States.

The freshly elected associates had been endorsed by their respective regional groups and ran mainly uncontested.

Vote tally

Total, 190 Member States participated in the election, which needed only a single spherical of balloting.

In the African and Asia-Pacific group, Pakistan received 182 votes and Somalia garnered 179 votes, with 5 countries abstaining.

In the Latin The usa and the Caribbean group, Panama attained 183 votes and Argentina a single, with 6 international locations abstaining.

In the Western European and other States group, Denmark received 184 votes, Greece 182 votes, and Italy and Norway each individual obtaining a person vote two countries abstained.