List of members of the United Nations Security Council

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Membership of the United Nations Security Council is held by the five permanent members and ten elected, non-permanent members.

Being elected requires a two-thirds majority vote from the United Nations General Assembly. Elected members hold their place on the council for a two-year term, with five seats contested in even years and five seats contested in odd years. An outgoing member cannot be immediately re-elected.

Elections usually begin in June for a term starting January 1. Because of the two-thirds majority requirement, it is possible for two evenly matched candidates to deadlock with approximately half the vote each, sometimes needing weeks of negotiations to resolve.

Non-permanent seats are distributed geographically, with a certain number of seats allocated to each of the five United Nations Regional Groups.

Current membership

Permanent members
Country Regional Group Member since
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Asia-Pacific Group 25 October 1971, replaced the Republic of China
File:Flag of France.svg France Western European and Others Group 24 October 1945
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Eastern European Group 26 December 1991, replaced the Soviet Union
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Western European and Others Group 24 October 1945
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Western European and Others Group 24 October 1945
Non-permanent members
Country Regional Group Term began Term ends
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain Asia-Pacific Group (Arab) 2026 2027
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) 2026 2027
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo African Group 2026 2027
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Western European and Others Group (WEOG) 2025 2026
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Western European and Others Group (WEOG) 2025 2026
File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Eastern European Group (EEG) 2026 2027
File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia African Group 2026 2027
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Asia-Pacific Group 2025 2026
File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) 2025 2026
File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia African Group 2025 2026

Regional Groups

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  African Group
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  Asia-Pacific Group
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  Eastern European Group
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  Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
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  Western European and Others Group
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  Observer states
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  Non-UN state or territory

The ten non-permanent seats have the following distribution:

In addition, one of the five African/Asian seats is an Arab country, alternating between the two groups. This rule was added in 1967 for it to be applied beginning with 1968.

Electoral timetable
Term beginning in years that are: Odd Even
African Group one member two members *
Asia-Pacific Group one member one member *
Eastern European Group none one member
Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) one member one member
Western European and Others Group two members none

* The representative of Arab nations alternates between these two spaces.

The odd/even distribution was effectively decided by the January 1946 and 1965 elections (the first ever election, and the first election after the expansion of seats). For each of the six and four members in the newly created seats, the UN General Assembly voted to grant either a 1-year or 2-year term.

Previous Security Council composition

From 1946 to 1965, the Security Council had six non-permanent members. Due to a lack of African and Asian member states, the seats had the following distribution:

  • Latin America: 2 members
  • Commonwealth of Nations: 1 member
  • Eastern Europe: 1 member
  • Middle East: 1 member
  • Western Europe: 1 member

As decolonization increased the number of Asian and African member states without a group, they began to contest other seats: Ivory Coast substituted a member of the Commonwealth in 1964–1965, the Eastern European seat regularly included Asian countries from 1956, Liberia took the place of a Western European country in 1961, and Mali successfully contested the Middle Eastern seat in December 1964 (the Security Council would be expanded before Mali's term began).

An amendment to the UN Charter ratified in 1965 increased the number of non-permanent seats to 10, and the Regional Groups were formalized. The amendment effectively created three African seats and one Asian seat (if treating the Commonwealth seat as a WEOG seat and the Middle Eastern seat as an Asian seatTemplate:Efn).

Membership by year

Permanent

Year Chinese seat French seat Soviet/Russian seat British seat American seat
1945 Template:Flag deco Republic of China Template:Flag deco Prov. Gov. of France Template:Country data Union of Soviet Socialist Republics File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
1946 Template:Flagdeco French Fourth Republic
1949 Template:Flag deco Republic of China (Taiwan)
1958 Template:Flag deco French Fifth Republic
1971 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
1991–present File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia

Non-permanent (1946–1965)

Year Latin American Seats Commonwealth Seat Eastern European
& Asian SeatTemplate:Efn
Middle Eastern Seat Western European Seat
1946 Template:Country data Fourth Brazilian RepublicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Mexico File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Template:Country data Polish People's RepublicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Country data Kingdom of EgyptScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
1947 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Template:Flag deco Syria File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
1948 File:Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg Argentina File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada File:Flag of Ukrainian SSR (1937-1949).svg Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
1949 Template:Country data Republic of CubaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Country data Kingdom of EgyptScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
1950 File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador File:Flag of India.svg India Template:Country data Federal People's Republic of YugoslaviaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1951 Template:Country data Fourth Brazilian RepublicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
1952 Template:Flag deco Chile Template:Country data Dominion of PakistanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Country data Kingdom of GreeceScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1953 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
1954 Template:Country data Fourth Brazilian RepublicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
1955 Template:Flag deco Peru Template:Country data Pahlavi IranScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
1956 Template:Country data Republic of CubaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Template:Country data Federal People's Republic of YugoslaviaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1957 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Template:Flag deco Philippines Template:Country data Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
1958 File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama File:Canadian Red Ensign (1957–1965).svg Canada File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan
1959 File:Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg Argentina File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg TunisiaTemplate:Efn File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
1960 File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador File:Flag of Ceylon 1951-1972.svg Ceylon Template:Country data Polish People's RepublicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1961 Template:Flag deco Chile File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic File:Flag of Liberia.svg LiberiaTemplate:Efn
1962 Template:Country data Republic of VenezuelaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana Template:Country data Romanian People's RepublicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
1963 Template:Flag deco Brazil Template:Flag deco Philippines File:Flag of Morocco.svg MoroccoTemplate:Efn File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
1964 Template:Flag deco Bolivia File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory CoastTemplate:Efn Template:Country data Czechoslovak Socialist RepublicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1965 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands

Non-permanent (1966–present)

The African Union uses an internal rotation system to distribute seats based on its subregions:[1][2]

  • 1 odd-year seat alternates between Eastern Africa and Southern Africa (only Eastern Africa prior to the creation of the Southern Africa subregion in 1979)
  • 1 even-year seat is allocated to Western Africa
  • 1 even-year seat alternates between Northern Africa (the Arab nation seat) and Central Africa (with one exception at the beginning in 1966)

Aside from the Asia-Pacific Group also allocating an Arab nation seat every four years (in even years not divisible by 4), other regional groups do not have their own subregional rotation systems.[3][4] The Arab nation seat is starred below.

The Western European and Others Group in part contains three caucusing subgroups (Benelux, the Nordic countries, and CANZTemplate:Efn), whose candidates informally coordinate with each other.[5][4] While this has not resulted in a stable rotation system, it effectively guarantees that both seats will never be occupied by a single subgroup at the same time.[6]

Year African Group Asia-Pacific Group Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) Western European and Others Group Eastern European Group
Eastern/Southern Western Northern/Central
1966 Template:Flag deco Uganda File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali Template:Flag deco NigeriaTemplate:Efn File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan* File:Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg Argentina File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg BulgariaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1967 Template:Country data Ethiopian EmpireScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of India.svg India Template:Flag deco Brazil File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Template:Flagcountry
1968 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria* File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Template:Flag deco Paraguay Template:Country data Hungarian People's RepublicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1969 File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia Template:Country data Kingdom of NepalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland Template:Country data Spanish StateScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1970 File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone File:Flag of Burundi (1967–1982).svg Burundi File:Flag of Syria (1963–1972).svg Syria* File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua Template:Country data Polish People's RepublicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1971 Template:Country data Somali Democratic RepublicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan File:Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg Argentina File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
1972 File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan* File:Flag of India.svg India File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama Template:Country data Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1973 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Template:Flag deco Peru File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
1974 File:Flag of Mauritania (1959–2017).svg Mauritania File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon Template:Country data Ba'athist IraqScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".* File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica File:Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951–1991).svg Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
1975 File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
1976 File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin File:Flag of Libya (1972–1977).svg Libya* File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama Template:Country data Socialist Republic of RomaniaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1977 Template:Country data Mauritius (1968–1992)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of India.svg India File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany
1978 Template:Flag deco Nigeria File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait* Template:Flag deco Bolivia File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
1979 File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
1980 File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Tunisia* Template:Flag deco Philippines File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
1981 Template:Flag deco Uganda File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
1982 File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg Zaire File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan* File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
1983 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
1984 File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina FasoTemplate:Efn File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt* File:Flag of India.svg India Template:Flag deco Peru File:Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949–1991).svg Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
1985 Template:Flag deco Madagascar File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
1986 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana Template:Country data People's Republic of the CongoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates* Template:Country data Republic of VenezuelaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Country data People's Republic of BulgariaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1987 File:Flag of Zambia (1964–1996).svg Zambia File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan File:Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg Argentina File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
1988 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria* Template:Country data Kingdom of NepalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of Brazil (1968–1992).svg Brazil Template:Country data Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1989 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
1990 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast File:Flag of Zaire (1971–1997).svg Zaire File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen*Template:Efn File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
1991 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe File:Flag of India.svg India File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
1992 File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco* File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
1993 File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
1994 Template:Flag deco Nigeria File:Flag of Rwanda (1961–2001).svg Rwanda File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman* File:Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg Argentina File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
1995 File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
1996 File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt* Template:Flag deco South Korea File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
1997 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
1998 File:Flag of The Gambia.svg The Gambia File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon File:Flag of Bahrain (1972-2002).svg Bahrain* File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
1999 File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia File:Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg Argentina File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
2000 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia* File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
2001 File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
2002 File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria* File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
2003 File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
2004 File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria* File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
2005 File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Argentina (1818–1819, 1820–1829, 1861–2010).svg Argentina File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
2006 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg CongoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar* File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
2007 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
2008 File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya* File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
2009 File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
2010 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon* File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina
2011 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa File:Flag of India.svg India File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
2012 File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco* File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan
2013 File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
2014 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan* File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
2015 File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
2016 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt* File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
2017 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
2018 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait* File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands[7] File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
2019 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
2020 File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia* File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
2021 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya File:Flag of India.svg India File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
2022 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates* File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania
2023 File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
2024 File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria* File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
2025 File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
2026 File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain* File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia

List by number of years as Security Council member

This list contains the 139 United Nations member states so far elected to the United Nations Security Council, including the five permanent members, all listed by number of years each country has so far spent on the UNSC. Of all the members, 6 have so far ceased to exist, leaving the list with 133 modern nations. These, combined with the 60 modern nations that have never been elected to the UNSC to date (see Non-members, below), make up the 193 current members of the UN.

Years on the Security Council, since 2026Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., including current year where relevant :

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  Indicates current elected member (2026)

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  Indicates former United Nations member
YearsTemplate:Efn Country First Year Most Recent Year Regional Group Notes
81 File:Flag of France.svg France 1945 2026 WEOG Permanent member
81 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 1945 2026 WEOG Permanent member
81 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1945 2026 WEOG Permanent member
55 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 1971 2026 Asia-Pacific Permanent member
46 Template:Country data Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1945 1991 E. European Former permanent member, replaced by the Russian Federation
35 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 1991 2026 E. European Permanent member
26 File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China 1945 1971 None Former permanent member, replaced by the People's Republic of China
24 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1958 2024 Asia-Pacific
22 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1946 2023 GRULAC
18 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1948 2014 GRULAC
16 File:Flag of India.svg India 1950 2022 Asia-Pacific
16 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 1952 2026 Asia-Pacific
15 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 1947 2026 GRULAC
13 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1959 2017 WEOG
12 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 1947 2020 WEOG
12 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1948 2000 WEOG
12 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1977 2020 WEOG Includes 4 years when the Federal Republic of Germany consisted only of West Germany (but does not include East Germany's 2 years, listed separately below).
12 File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama 1958 2026 GRULAC
11 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 1946 2019 E. European
10 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1946 2014 WEOG
10 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 1953 2026 WEOG
10 File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 1952 2015 GRULAC
10 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1946 2018 WEOG
10 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 1966 2015 African
10 File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 1949 2022 WEOG
10 File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru 1955 2019 GRULAC
10 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1969 2016 WEOG
10 File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 1962 2016 GRULAC
9 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 1946 2017 African (Arab) Excludes 2 years with the seat held in the name of the United Arab Republic, of which for more than 15 months UAR served as the name of modern-day Egypt
9 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 1946 2022 GRULAC
8 File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 1968 2025 African (Arab)
8 File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 1950 2024 GRULAC
8 File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon 1978 2023 African
8 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 1962 2023 African
8 File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 1973 2020 Asia-Pacific
8 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1957 2018 WEOG
8 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1948 2017 E. European Includes 4 years of membership under the name of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic; the Ukrainian SSR held its own seat in the General Assembly while being part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership
8 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 1959 2021 African (Arab)
7 File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 1962 2022 WEOG
7 File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 1965 2016 Asia-Pacific
7 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 1954 2016 WEOG
7 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 1962 2005 E. European
7 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 1951 2010 WEOG
7 Template:Country data Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1950 1989 E. European Predecessor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia
6 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 1973 2010 WEOG
6 File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 1964 2018 GRULAC
6 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 1966 2003 E. European
6 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 1974 2009 GRULAC
6 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 1964 2019 African
6 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 1949 1991 GRULAC
6 File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 1967 2018 African
6 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 1952 2026 WEOG
6 File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana 1975 2025 GRULAC
6 File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan 1965 2015 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
6 File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 1973 2022 African
6 File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 1996 2025 Asia-Pacific
6 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1963 2013 African (Arab)
6 File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 1957 2005 Asia-Pacific
6 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 1979 2012 WEOG
6 File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 1968 2017 African
6 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 2007 2020 African
6 File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria 1947 2003 Asia-Pacific (Arab) Excludes one year (1961) during which the United Arab Republic was a member, for the greater part of which Syria was a member of that union
6 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 1969 1988 African
5 File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo 1982 2026 African Previously known as Zaire during its 4 years of Security Council membership
5 File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 1966 2010 African
4 File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola 2003 2016 African
4 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 1979 2001 Asia-Pacific
4 File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin 1976 2005 African
4 File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 1984 2009 African For the first 7 months of membership of the Security Council in 1984 was known as Upper Volta.
4 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 1974 2003 African
4 File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo 1986 2007 African
4 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 1969 1990 WEOG
4 File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 1972 2003 African
4 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 1968 1993 E. European
4 File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 1957 1975 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
4 File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 1979 2001 GRULAC
4 File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 1978 2019 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
4 File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 1953 2011 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
4 File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya 1976 2009 African (Arab)
4 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 1966 2001 African
4 File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta 1983 2024 WEOG
4 File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 1977 2002 African
4 File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 1969 1989 Asia-Pacific
4 File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 1970 1984 GRULAC
4 File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger 1980 2021 African
4 File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda 1994 2014 African
4 File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone 1970 2025 African
4 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 1998 2025 E. European Was part of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership
4 File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia 1971 2026 African
4 File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 1975 2006 African
4 File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo 1982 2013 African
4 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 1986 2023 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
4 File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 1965 2017 GRULAC
4 File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 2008 2021 Asia-Pacific
4 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 1983 1992 African
3 File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 1998 2026 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
3 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia 1964 1979 E. European Predecessor of the Czech Republic and Slovakia
2 File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 2022 2023 E. European
2 File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 2012 2013 E. European Was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership
2 File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 2010 2011 E. European Was part of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership
2 File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 1995 1996 African
2 File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 1970 1971 African
2 File:Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951–1991).svg Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic 1974 1975 E. European Now known as Belarus; the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic held its own seat in the General Assembly while being part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership
2 File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde 1992 1993 African
2 File:Flag of Ceylon.svg Ceylon 1960 1961 Asia-Pacific Now known as Sri Lanka
2 File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad 2014 2015 African
2 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 2008 2009 E. European Was part of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership
2 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 1994 1995 E. European Was part of Czechoslovakia during its 3 years of Security Council membership
2 File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 1993 1994 African
2 File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 2019 2020 GRULAC
2 File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 1980 1981 E. European Now subsumed into Germany, which has 8 years of Security Council membership since it has included the former territory of East Germany
2 File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 2020 2021 E. European Was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership
2 File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea 2018 2019 African
2 File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia 1998 1999 African
2 File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 2012 2013 GRULAC
2 File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau 1996 1997 African
2 File:Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg Honduras 1995 1996 GRULAC
2 File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 1955 1956 Asia-Pacific
2 File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 2017 2018 Asia-Pacific Was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership
2 File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia 1961 2026 African
2 File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 2014 2015 E. European Was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership
2 File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 2013 2014 WEOG
2 Template:Flag deco Madagascar 1985 1986 African
2 File:Flag of Mauritania (1959–2017).svg Mauritania 1974 1975 African
2 File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 2023 2024 African
2 File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 1999 2000 African
2 File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 1994 1995 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
2 Template:Flag deco Paraguay 1968 1969 GRULAC
2 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 2006 2007 Asia-Pacific (Arab)
2 File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2020 2021 GRULAC Smallest nation to have held a place on the Security Council[8]
2 File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 2001 2002 Asia-Pacific Was part of Malaysia for 8 months in 1965 during its membership of the Security Council
2 File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 2006 2007 E. European Was part of Czechoslovakia during its 3 years of Security Council membership
2 File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 1972 1973 African (Arab)
2 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2023 2024 WEOG
2 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1985 1986 Asia-Pacific
2 File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 1985 1986 GRULAC
2 File:Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg United Arab Republic 1961 1962 Middle East Union of Syria and Egypt
1 Template:Flag deco Democratic Yemen 1990 1990 Asian (Arab) Held the Security Council seat for the first five months of membership, then unified with Yemen (i.e., North Yemen) and passed the seat to Yemen.
1 File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 2026 2026 E. European Was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership
1 File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 1990 1991 Asia-Pacific (Arab) Inherited the seat from Democratic Yemen; served the remaining of the term, for one year and seven months.

Future membership

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Year Africa Asia-Pacific Eastern Europe Latin America & Caribbean Western Europe & Others
The following countries have made known their applications for future United Nations Security Council membership:
2027–28 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe[9] File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan[10]
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines[11]
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago[12] File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria[13]
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany[14]
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal[15]
2028–29 File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria[9]
File:Flag of India.svg India[16]
File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan[17]
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia ?
2029–30 ? File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan[18]
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia[19]
? File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia[20]
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland[13]
2030–31 ? ? File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia[21] ?
2031–32 ? ? File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala[22] ?
2032–33 File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania[9] ? File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia[23] ?
2037–38 ? ? ? File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium[24]

UN members that have never been Security Council members

This is a list of the 60 member nations that have never been members of the Security Council.[25] The three former UN members that were not elected to the Security Council during their membership are Tanganyika, Zanzibar, and Serbia and Montenegro.

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Member states of the United Nations that have never been members of the United Nations Security Council since 2026Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
UN Member state Regional Group Security Council membership as part of another entity
Template:Country data Islamic Republic of AfghanistanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Asia-Pacific
File:Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra WEOG
File:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda GRULAC Was a crown colony, then an associated state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 36 years of Security Council membership until 1 November 1981
File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia E. European Was a union republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 45 years of Security Council membership until 23 September 1991
File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas GRULAC Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 27 years of Security Council membership until 10 July 1973
File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados GRULAC Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 21 years of Security Council membership until 30 November 1966
File:Flag of Belize.svg Belize GRULAC Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 35 years of Security Council membership until 21 September 1981
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan Asia-Pacific Was a protected state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 1 year of Security Council membership until 1947
File:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei Asia-Pacific Was a protectorate of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 38 years of Security Council membership until 1 January 1984
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia Asia-Pacific Was a protectorate of France during its 8 years of Security Council membership until 9 November 1953
File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic African Was a colony of France during its 14 years of Security Council membership until 13 August 1960
File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros African Was an overseas territory of France during its 29 years of Security Council membership until 6 July 1975
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Asia-Pacific Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 14 years of Security Council membership until 16 August 1960
File:Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica GRULAC Was a crown colony, then an associated state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 33 years of Security Council membership until 3 November 1978
Template:Country data East Timor Asia-Pacific Was a province of Indonesia (de facto) during its 2 years of Security Council membership and an overseas province of Portugal (de jure) during its 4 years of Security Council membership until 25 October 1999
File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador GRULAC
File:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea African Was under military administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland until 15 September 1952, then an autonomous region and then a province of Ethiopia during its 10 years of Security Council membership until 24 May 1993
File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini African Was a protectorate of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 22 years of Security Council membership until 6 September 1968
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji Asia-Pacific Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 24 years of Security Council membership until 10 October 1970
Template:Country data Georgia E. European Was a union republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 45 years of Security Council membership until 9 April 1991
File:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada GRULAC Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 28 years of Security Council membership until 7 February 1974
File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti GRULAC
File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland WEOG
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel None / WEOGTemplate:Efn Part of a League of Nations mandate under administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 2 years of Security Council membership until 14 May 1948
File:Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati None / Asia-PacificTemplate:Efn Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 33 years of Security Council membership until 12 July 1979
File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan Asia-Pacific Was a union republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership until 31 August 1991
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos Asia-Pacific Was a protectorate of France during its 7 years of Security Council membership until 22 October 1953
File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho African Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 20 years of Security Council until 4 October 1966
File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein WEOG
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi African Was a protectorate of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 18 years of Security Council membership until 6 July 1964
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives Asia-Pacific Was a protected state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 19 years of Security Council membership until 26 July 1965
File:Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands Asia-Pacific Was a district of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands under the administration of the United States of America during its 40 years of Security Council membership until 21 October 1986
File:Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg Federated States of Micronesia Asia-Pacific Was a district of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands under the administration of the United States of America during its 41 years of Security Council membership until 3 November 1986
File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova E. European Was a union republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 45 years of Security Council membership until 27 August 1991
File:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco WEOG
File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia Asia-Pacific
File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro E. European Was a republic of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership until 27 April 1992Template:Efn
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar Asia-Pacific Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 2 years of Security Council membership until 4 January 1948
File:Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru Asia-Pacific Was a United Nations trust territory administered by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 22 years of Security Council membership, Australia during its 4 years of Security Council membership, and New Zealand during its 3 years of Security Council membership until 31 January 1968
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea Asia-Pacific Was under military occupation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 2 years of Security Council membership until 9 September 1948
Template:Country data North Macedonia E. European Was a republic of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership until 8 September 1991
File:Flag of Palau.svg Palau Asia-Pacific Was a district of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands under the administration of the United States of America during its 48 years of Security Council membership until 1 October 1994
File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea Asia-Pacific Was an external territory of Australia in the case of the Territory of Papua and a League of Nations mandate (later a United Nations trust territory during its union with Papua) in the case of the Territory of New Guinea during its 2 years of Security Council membership until 1 July 1949, then the unified Territory of Papua and New Guinea in Australia during its 4 years of Security Council membership until 16 September 1975
File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis GRULAC Was a crown colony, then an associated state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 37 years of Security Council membership until 19 September 1983
File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia GRULAC Was a crown colony, then an associated state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 33 years of Security Council membership until 22 February 1979
File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa Asia-Pacific Was a League of Nations mandate, then a United Nations trust territory, under the administration of New Zealand during its 2 years of Security Council membership until 1 January 1962
File:Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino WEOG
File:Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe African
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Asia-Pacific Saudi Arabia was elected in the 2013 election, but declined the seat.[26]
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia E. European Was a republic of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership until 27 April 1992Template:Efn
File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles African Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 30 years of Security Council membership until 29 July 1976
File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands Asia-Pacific Was a protectorate of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 32 years of Security Council membership until 7 July 1978
File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan African Was a condominium of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Egypt during its 10 years and 3 years of Security Council membership until 1 January 1956, then part of Sudan during its 2 years of Security Council membership until 9 July 2011
File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname GRULAC Was a colony, then a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands during its 5 years of Security Council membership until 25 November 1975
File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan Asia-Pacific Was a union republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 45 years of Security Council membership until 9 September 1991
File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga Asia-Pacific Was a protected state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 24 years of Security Council membership until 4 June 1970
File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan Asia-Pacific Was a union republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 46 years of Security Council membership until 27 October 1991
File:Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu Asia-Pacific Was a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 32 years of Security Council membership until 1 October 1978
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan Asia-Pacific Was a union republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during its 45 years of Security Council membership until 31 August 1991
File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu Asia-Pacific Was a condominium under joint sovereignty of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and France during its 34 years of Security Council membership until 30 July 1980

Former UN members that were never UNSC members

Former UN Member state UN membership Security Council membership as part of another entity
File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1992–2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro 1992 to 2006 Was part of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership until 27 April 1992
File:Flag of Tanganyika (1961–1964).svg TanganyikaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1961 to 1964 Was a League of Nations mandate under the administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 1 year of Security Council membership until 11 December 1946, then a United Nations trust territory under the administration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland until 9 December 1961, then independent until federation with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania on 26 April 1964
Template:Flag deco Zanzibar 1963 to 1964 Was a protectorate of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during its 18 years of Security Council membership until 10 December 1963, then independent until federation with Tanganyika to form the United Republic of Tanzania on 26 April 1964

See also

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