Algeria, Guyana, South Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia will be there in the future – they were elected to the United Nations Security Council for two years. Belarus, on the other hand, failed with its application.
The United Nations General Assembly elected Algeria, Guyana, South Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia to the UN Security Council for two-year terms. Belarus, on the other hand, failed with its application.
Algeria, Guyana, South Korea and Sierra Leone had no opponents in their respective regional groups in the New York election. Slovenia and Belarus, which is allied with Russia, competed against each other in their regional group – Slovenia clearly prevailed against Belarus with 153 votes to 38. The five countries will replace Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates from next year.
The UN Security Council is the only authority that can pass legally binding resolutions and send in military forces for the member states. It consists of 15 states. Five of them are permanent members; ten more are elected to the board for two-year terms. Every year, five of the non-permanent members are re-elected.
The permanent members USA, Russia, China, Great Britain and France have a right of veto and can thus block decisions on their own. The other non-permanent members are currently Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Switzerland and Mozambique.