2021 United Nations Security Council election

The 2021 United Nations Security Council election will be held in mid-2021 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 2022. 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:

• Two for Africa
• One for the Asia-Pacific Group.[1] By tradition, this seat is expected to be filled by an Arab state in the Asian group (the prior Arab member, Tunisia, being African).[2]
• One for Latin America and the Caribbean
• One for the Eastern European Group

2021 United Nations Security Council election

June 2021
5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
Elected Members before election  Niger (Africa)  Tunisia (Africa, Arab)  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (LatAm&Car)  Vietnam (Asia)  Estonia (E. Europe) New Elected Members TBD

The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2022–23 period.

Candidates

Asia-Pacific Group

•  United Arab Emirates

Eastern Europe Group

•  Albania

Latin America and the Caribbean

•  Brazil[3]

See also

• List of members of the United Nations Security Council

References

1. "Asian group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia-Pacific group", Radio New Zealand International, 2011-08-31.
2. Malone, David (25 October 2003). "Reforming the Security Council: Where Are the Arabs?". The Daily Star. Beirut. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
3. "Índia apoiará candidatura do Brasil como membro não-permanente da ONU". Correio Brasiliense. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.