2019 United Nations Security Council election
7 June 2019
5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council membership after the elections
  Permanent members
  Non-permanent members
Elected Members before election

 Ivory Coast (Africa)
 Equatorial Guinea (Africa)
 Peru (LatAm&Car)
 Kuwait (Asia, Arab)
 Poland (E. Europe)

 New Elected Members





The 2019 United Nations Security Council election was held on 7 June during the 73rd 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 2020.

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 2020–21 period.

Notably, St. Vincent and the Grenadines set a new record as the smallest ever Security Council member.[2] Both St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Estonia were elected to the Council for the first time.

Candidates

African Group

Asia-Pacific Group

Eastern European Group

Latin American and Caribbean Group

Results

African and Asia-Pacific Groups

African and Asia-Pacific Groups election results[10]
Member Round 1
 Vietnam192
 Niger191
 Tunisia191
abstentions0
required majority129

Latin American and Caribbean Group

Latin American and Caribbean Group election results[10]
Member Round 1
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines185
 El Salvador6
abstentions2
required majority128

Eastern European Group

Eastern European Group election results[10]
Member Round 1 Round 2
 Estonia111132
 Romania7858
 Georgia1–
 Latvia1–
abstentions21
required majority128127

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. ↑ "St. Vincent and the Grenadines breaks a record, as smallest ever Security Council seat holder". UN News. 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  3. ↑ "Ghana, Malta pledge to deepen ties". Graphic Online. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Tunisia vows to assert responsibility to represent Africa in bid for non-permanent seat in UNSC". Azania Post. 3 July 2018. Archived from the original on August 19, 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Viet Nam makes bilateral leap with Ukraine towards prosperity". Viet Nam News. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Estonia to the UN Security Council 2020-2021". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Gallery: Estonia gains non-permanent UN Security Council seat". ERR News. ERR. 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  8. ↑ "Agerpress". Agerpress. 3 June 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Candidature Chart of the Commonwealth Countries". Commonwealth of Nations. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 "General Assembly Elects Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Tunisia, Viet Nam as Non-Permanent Members of Security Council for 2020-2021". United Nations. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
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