2025 United Nations Security Council election

2025 United Nations Security Council election
5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
Incumbent Elected Members ; Algeria ( Africa , Arab ) ; South Korea ( Asia ) ; Guyana ( LatAm&Car ) ; Sierra Leone ( Africa ) ; Slovenia ( E. Europe ) ;	; ;

The 2025 United Nations Security Council election will be held in mid-2025 during the 79th 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 2026. 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]
One for Latin America and the Caribbean
One for the Eastern European Group

The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2026–27 period.

Candidates [ edit ]

Africa Group [ edit ]

Candidates for 2 available positions are:

Liberia

Eastern European Group [ edit ]

Candidates for 1 available position are:

Latvia ^[2]
Montenegro ^[3]

Asia-Pacific Group [ edit ]