United Nations Security Council election, 2012

The 2012 United Nations Security Council election will be held in October 2012 during the 67th 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 2013.^[1]

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:

• One for Africa (held by South Africa)
• One for Asia (held by India)
• One for Latin America (held by Colombia)
• Two for the Western European and Others Group (held by Germany and Portugal)

The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2013–14 period.

Australia^[2], Finland^[3] and Luxembourg^[4] are campaigning for the two seats as part of the WEOG group. Following Guatemala's election in 2011, Luxembourg is one of only five of the UN's founding members that has never held a Security Council seat.

Bhutan^[5] and Cambodia^[6] are campaigning for a seat as part of the Asian group.

See also

• List of members of the United Nations Security Council

References