These are Somalia, Greece, Denmark, Pakistan and Panama which will succeed Mozambique, Malta, Switzerland, Japan and Ecuador from January 1, 2025, whose mandate expires at the end of December. of this year.
The results of the secret ballot of 192 member states of the UN GA gave Somalia 179 votes, Greece 182, Denmark 184, Pakistan 182 and Panama 183.
The five new members had already served on the Council. Somalia was there for one mandate, Greece for two, while Denmark and Pakistan are there for the fourth and seventh time respectively. Panama is in its fifth term.
They will join the council’s five permanent members with veto power – the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom and France – as well as the five countries elected last year.
The Security Council is the executive body of the United Nations responsible for peace and security issues. It is made up of five permanent members and ten non-permanent members elected for a period of two years by the General Assembly. Each year, it elects five new non-permanent members.