United Nations Security Council election, 2020

United Nations Security Council election, 2020
United Nations
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 October 2020 during the 75th 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

  1. ↑ "Asian group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia-Pacific group", Radio New Zealand International, 2011-08-31.
  2. ↑ Ankit Kumar. "CHOOSING BETWEEN ALLIES AND UNSC SEAT: INDIA’S CATCH 22 SITUATION" (PDF). Centre for Air Power studies. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Department of Foreign Affairs". Irelandunnewyork.org.
  4. ↑ "Norway and the United Nations: Common Future, Common Solutions". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway. Retrieved 21 August 2013.