3 June 2025
The General Assembly today elected Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia and Liberia as non-permanent members of the Security Council for a two-year term beginning on 1 January 2026.
All five candidates obtained the required two-thirds majority in a secret ballot and will replace Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, and Slovenia, whose terms expire on 31 December 2025.
In accordance with the established pattern of regional distribution, three seats were allocated for the African and Asia-Pacific States. The endorsed candidates — Bahrain, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Liberia — obtained 186, 183, and 181 votes, respectively. Latvia, the sole candidate for the Eastern European States, garnered 178 votes, and Colombia, the sole candidate for the Latin American and Caribbean States, secured 180 votes.
The newly elected members will join the Security Council alongside the five permanent members — China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States — and the five current non-permanent members — Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia — whose terms run through the end of 2026.