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Elected ("Non-Permanent") Members of the Security Council: 1946-Present -Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council Elected Members of the
[Otherwise known as the "Non-Permanent Members"]
Security Council: 1946-Present
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Term in Council Member States Jan 2008-Dec 2009 Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Croatia, Libya and Vietnam Jan 2007-Dec 2008 Belgium, Indonesia, Italy, South Africa, Panama Jan 2006-Dec 2007 Congo, Ghana, Peru, Qatar, Slovakia Jan 2005-Dec 2006 Argentina, Denmark, Greece, Japan, United Republic of Tanzania Jan 2004-Dec 2005 Algeria, Benin, Brazil, Philippines and Romania Jan 2003-Dec 2004 Angola, Chile, Germany, Pakistan and Spain Jan 2002-Dec 2003 Bulgaria, Cameroon, Guinea, Mexico, and Syria Jan 2001-Dec 2002 Colombia, Ireland, Mauritius, Norway, Singapore Jan 2000-Dec 2001 Bangladesh, Jamaica, Mali, Tunisia, Ukraine Jan 1999-Dec 2000 Argentina, Canada, Malaysia, Namibia, Netherlands Jan 1998-Dec 1999 Bahrain, Brazil, Gabon, Gambia, Slovenia Jan 1997-Dec 1998 Costa Rica, Japan, Kenya, Portugal, Sweden Jan 1996-Dec 1997 Chile, Egypt, Guinea-Bissau, Poland, Rep. Korea Jan 1995-Dec 1996 Botswana, Germany, Honduras, Indonesia, Italy Jan 1994-Dec 1995 Argentina, Czech Republic(1), Nigeria, Oman, Rwanda Jan 1993-Dec 1994 Brazil, Djibouti, New Zealand, Pakistan, Spain Jan 1992-Dec 1993 Cape Verde, Hungary, Japan, Morocco, Venezuela Jan 1991-Dec 1992 Austria, Belgium, Ecuador, India, Zimbabwe Jan 1990-Dec 1991 Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Romania, Yemen, Zaire Jan 1989-Dec 1990 Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, Finland, Malaysia Jan 1988-Dec 1989 Algeria, Brazil, Nepal, Senegal, Yugoslavia Jan 1987-Dec 1988 Argentina, Germany, Italy, Japan, Zambia Jan 1986-Dec 1987 Bulgaria, Congo, Ghana, UAE, Venezuela Jan 1985-Dec 1986 Australia, Denmark, Madagascar, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago Jan 1984-Dec 1985 Burkina Faso, Egypt, India, Peru, Ukraine Jan 1983-Dec 1984 Malta, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Pakistan Jan 1982-Dec 1983 DR Congo, Guyana, Jordan, Poland, Togo Jan 1981-Dec 1982 Ireland, Japan, Panama, Spain, Uganda Jan 1980-Dec 1981 German Democratic Republic, Mexico, Niger, Philippines, Tunisia Jan 1979-Dec 1980 Bangladesh, Jamaica, Norway, Portugal, Zambia Jan 1978-Dec 1979 Bolivia, Gabon, Kuwait, Nigeria, Czechoslovakia(1) Jan 1977-Dec 1978 Canada, Germany, India, Mauritius, Venezuela Jan 1976-Dec 1977 Benin, Libyan AJ, Pakistan, Panama, Romania Jan 1975-Dec 1976 Guyana, Italy, Japan, Sweden, UR of Tanzania Jan 1974-Dec 1975 Belarus, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Iraq, Mauritania Jan 1973-Dec 1974 Australia, Austria, Indonesia, Kenya, Peru Jan 1972-Dec 1973 Guinea, India, Panama, Sudan, Yugoslavia Jan 1971-Dec 1972 Argentina, Belgium, Italy, Japan, Somalia Jan 1970-Dec 1971 Burundi, Nicaragua, Poland, Sierra Leone, Syria AR Jan 1969-Dec 1970 Colombia, Finland, Nepal, Spain, Zambia Jan 1968-Dec 1969 Algeria, Hungary, Pakistan, Paraguay, Senegal Jan 1967-Dec 1968 Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Ethiopia, India Jan 1966-Dec 1967 Argentina, Bulgaria, Japan, Mali, New Zealand (1966 only)*, Nigeria, Uganda (1966 only)* (3) Jan 1965-Dec 1966 Jordan, Malaysia*, Netherlands, Uruguay Jan 1964-Dec 1965 Bolivia, Côte d'Ivoire, Czechoslovakia (1964 only - resigned)(1) Jan 1963-Dec 1964 Brazil, Morocco, Norway, Philippines (1963 only)* Jan 1962-Dec 1963 Ghana, Ireland (1962 only)*, Venezuela, Romania (1962 only - resigned)*, Jan 1961-Dec 1962 Chile, United Arab Republic (Egypt), Liberia (1961 only - resigned)*,
Turkey (1961 only)*Jan 1960-Dec 1961 Ecuador, Poland (1960 only - resigned)*, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Jan 1959-Dec 1960 Argentina, Italy, Tunisia Jan 1958-Dec 1959 Canada, Japan, Panama Jan 1957-Dec 1958 Colombia, Philippines (1957 only)*, Sweden Jan 1956-Dec 1957 Australia, Cuba, Iraq, Yugoslavia (1956 only - resigned)* Jan 1955-Dec 1956 Belgium, Iran, Peru Jan 1954-Dec 1955 Brazil, New Zealand, Turkey Jan 1953-Dec 1954 Colombia, Denmark, Lebanon Jan 1952-Dec 1953 Chile, Greece, Pakistan Jan 1951-Dec 1952 Brazil, Netherlands, Turkey Jan 1950-Dec 1951 Ecuador, India, Yugoslavia Jan 1949-Dec 1950 Cuba, Egypt, Norway Jan 1948-Dec 1949 Argentina, Canada, Ukrainian SSR Jan 1947-Dec 1948 Belgium, Colombia, Syrian AR(2) Jan 1946-Dec 1947 Australia, Brazil, Egypt (1946 only), Mexico(1946 only), Netherlands(1946 only), Poland Countries that have never served on the Council are not listed.
Sources - United Nations, and Bailey and Daws "The Procedure of the UN Security Council", 3rd Edition , Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1998. Compiled by Giji Gya.NOTES
* Split term
(1) Insofar as it formed part of Czechoslovakia until 31 December 1992, the Czech Republic also served on the Council in 1964 and 1978-79.
(2) Insofar as it formed part of the United Arab Republic until the end of September 1961, Syria also served on the council in 1961.
(3) One year term pursuant to elections held in accordance with article 23 (2) of the Charter.
Membership
The Security Council consists of five permanent members and ten non-permanent members, five of which are elected each year by the General Assembly for a term of two years. China, France, the Russian Federation, UK and USA are the permanent members. In electing the Council's non-permanent members, the Assembly is required by the Charter to pay due regard, in the first instance, to the contribution of UN members to the maintenance of international peace and security and to the other purposes of the organisation, and also to equitable geographical distribution. A retiring member is not eligible for immediate re-election.
The Presidency is held in turn by Council Member States in the English alphabetical order of their names, each holding office for one month.
By GA res. 1991A (XVIII)(1963), the Assembly adopted, and submitted for ratification by Member States of the UN, amendments to the Charter provisions relating to membership of the Council (articles 23 and 27). It was decided that the 10 non-permanent members should be elected according to the following pattern: five from African and Asian states; one from Eastern European states, two from Latin American and Caribbean states; and two from Western European and Other states.
These amendments took effect in 1965, having been ratified by more than two-thirds of UN members, including all the permanent members of the Security Council. The first expanded Council was elected in 1965.
NOTE The Russian Federation informed the UN on 24 December 1991 that the membership of the Soviet Union in the Security Council and all other UN organs was being continued by it, and that the Russian Federation remains responsible in full for all the rights and obligations of the former Soviet Union.
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