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List of members of the United Nations Security Council

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Since 1966, the UN Security Council has included 10 elected (non-permanent) members. To ensure geographical equality, a certain number of members is allocated for each of the five UN unofficial regional groupings: [1]

In addition, one of the non-permanent members of the council is an Arab country, alternately from the African or Asian groups. It should be noted that the allocation of Security Council members is unofficial and therefore subject to change.

Each year the UN General Assembly elects five new members for a two-year term. Reelection is allowed, but the term must not be consecutive. For terms starting in odd years, one member from Africa, one from Asia, one from Latin America, and the two members from the Western Europe and Others Group are elected. For even years, the elected members are two from Africa, one from Asia, one from Latin America, and the one Eastern European member. The Arab member is also elected for even years as one of the members from Africa or Asia, alternately.

From 1946 to 1965, the security council included six non-permanent members. The regional grouping at that time was:

There were some exceptions to this grouping: Liberia took the place of a Western European country in 1961; the Ivory Coast substituted a member of the Commonwealth in 1964-1965; and the Eastern Europe group included Asian countries from 1956 on.

List by year

Elected members of the UN Security Council:

(see 2006 United Nations Security Council election)

Scoretable

A map showing the number of times countries have been elected to the UN Security council.

Years on the Security Council, as of 2006 :

Times Country
18 Brazil
18 Japan
16 Argentina
12 Canada
12 Colombia
12 India
12 Pakistan
11 Italy*
9 Belgium*
9 Netherlands
9 Poland
8 Australia
8 Chile
8 Denmark
8 Germany (incl. 4 as West Germany)
8 Norway
8 Panama
8 Peru*
8 Spain
8 Venezuela
7 Egypt
7 Romania
7 Yugoslavia
6 Algeria
6 Bulgaria
6 Cuba
6 Ecuador
6 Ghana*
6 Nigeria
6 Philippines
6 Sweden
6 Syria
6 Tunisia
6 Ukraine include 4 as Ukrainian SSR
6 Zambia
5 Ireland
5 Indonesia*
5 Malaysia
5 Mexico
5 New Zealand
5 Turkey
4 Austria
4 Bangladesh
4 Benin
4 Bolivia
4 Cameroon
4 Costa Rica
4 Côte d'Ivoire
4 Congo-Kinshasa (Zaire)
4 Ethiopia
4 Finland
4 Gabon
4 Greece
4 Guinea
4 Guyana
4 Hungary
4 Iraq
4 Jamaica
4 Jordan
4 Kenya
4 Mali
4 Mauritania
4 Morocco
4 Nepal
4 Nicaragua
4 Portugal
4 Republic of the Congo
4 Senegal
4 Tanzania
4 Zimbabwe
3 Czechoslovakia (predecessor of Czech Republic and Slovakia)
3 Uganda
2 Angola
2 Bahrain
2 Byelorussian SSR (predecesor of Belarus)
2 Botswana
2 Burkina Faso
2 Burundi
2 Cape Verde
2 Czech Republic
2 Djibouti
2 Gambia
2 German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
2 Guinea-Bissau
2 Honduras
2 Iran
2 Kuwait
2 Lebanon
2 Libya
2 Madagascar
2 Malta
2 Mauritius
2 Namibia
2 Niger
2 Oman
2 Paraguay
2 Republic of Korea (South Korea)
2 Rwanda
2 Sierra Leone
2 Singapore
2 Slovakia*
2 Slovenia
2 Somalia
2 Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
2 Sudan
2 Thailand
2 Togo
2 Trinidad and Tobago
2 Qatar*
2 United Arab Emirates
2 United Arab Republic (Syria and Egypt)
2 Uruguay
2 Yemen
1 Liberia
1 South Africa*
  • *Includes 2007 Security Council Memberships
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