List of elected members of the United Nations Security Council

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Current membership

Regional Groups

• Africa
  Africa
  
  Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
  n Group: 3 members
• Asia
  Asia
  
  Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
  n Group: 2 members
• Latin America
  Latin America
  
  Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
  n and Caribbean
  Caribbean
  
  The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America....
   Group (GRULAC): 2 members
• Western European and Others Group
  Western European and Others Group
  
  Sorry, no overview for this topic
   (WEOG): 2 members; at least one of these must be from Western Europe
  Western Europe
  
  Western Europe refers to the countries in the western most half of Europe. This concept has had different meanings, political and cultural as well as geographical issues have influenced the area....
  
• Eastern Europe
  Eastern Europe
  
  Eastern Europe is a term that applies to the geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the Europe. Throughout history and to a lesser extent today, parts of Eastern Europe has been distinguishable from Western Europe and other regions due to cultural, religious, economic, and historical reasons, even though there i...
  an Group (CEIT, or Countries with Economies in Transition): 1 member

Previous and Future Security Council composition

• Latin America
  Latin America
  
  Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
  : 2 members
• Commonwealth of Nations
  Commonwealth of Nations
  
  The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
  : 1 member
• Eastern Europe
  Eastern Europe
  
  Eastern Europe is a term that applies to the geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the Europe. Throughout history and to a lesser extent today, parts of Eastern Europe has been distinguishable from Western Europe and other regions due to cultural, religious, economic, and historical reasons, even though there i...
  : 1 member
• Middle East
  Middle East
  
  File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....
  : 1 member
• Western Europe
  Western Europe
  
  Western Europe refers to the countries in the western most half of Europe. This concept has had different meanings, political and cultural as well as geographical issues have influenced the area....
  : 1 member

Elections by year

1946-1965

Year	Latin American Seats Latin America Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....		Commonwealth Seat Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....	Eastern European Eastern Europe Eastern Europe is a term that applies to the geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the Europe. Throughout history and to a lesser extent today, parts of Eastern Europe has been distinguishable from Western Europe and other regions due to cultural, religious, economic, and historical reasons, even though there i...   & Asian Seat Asia Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....	Middle Eastern Seat Middle East File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....	Western European Seat Western Europe Western Europe refers to the countries in the western most half of Europe. This concept has had different meanings, political and cultural as well as geographical issues have influenced the area....
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965

1966-2010

Year	African Group Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area.... * indicates Arab nations' representative			Asian Group Asia Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population.... * indicates Arab nations' representative		Latin American Latin America Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....  & Caribbean Group		Western European and Others Group Western European and Others Group Sorry, no overview for this topic		Eastern European Group Eastern Europe Eastern Europe is a term that applies to the geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the Europe. Throughout history and to a lesser extent today, parts of Eastern Europe has been distinguishable from Western Europe and other regions due to cultural, religious, economic, and historical reasons, even though there i...
1966					*
1967
1968	*
1969
1970				Syria Syria Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....  *
1971
1972		*
1973
1974				*
1975
1976		Libya Libya Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....  *
1977
1978				*
1979
1980		*
1981
1982				*
1983
1984		*
1985
1986				*
1987
1988	*
1989
1990				*
1991
1992		*
1993
1994				*
1995
1996	*
1997
1998				*
1999
2000		*
2001
2002				*
2003
2004	*
2005
2006				*
2007
2008		*
2009
2010	to be determined United Nations Security Council election, 2009 The 2009 United Nations Security Council election will be held in October 2009 during the Sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations United Nations General Assembly, held at UN Headquarters in New York City....	to be determined United Nations Security Council election, 2009 The 2009 United Nations Security Council election will be held in October 2009 during the Sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations United Nations General Assembly, held at UN Headquarters in New York City....		to be determined United Nations Security Council election, 2009 The 2009 United Nations Security Council election will be held in October 2009 during the Sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations United Nations General Assembly, held at UN Headquarters in New York City....  *		to be determined United Nations Security Council election, 2009 The 2009 United Nations Security Council election will be held in October 2009 during the Sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations United Nations General Assembly, held at UN Headquarters in New York City....				to be determined United Nations Security Council election, 2009 The 2009 United Nations Security Council election will be held in October 2009 during the Sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly of the United Nations United Nations General Assembly, held at UN Headquarters in New York City....

By number of years as Security Council member

Years	Country	First Year	Most Recent Year	Regional Group	Notes
64		1946	2009	WEOG	Permanent member
64		1946	2009	WEOG	Permanent member
64		1946	2009	WEOG	Permanent member
45		1946	1991	E. European	Former permanent member, replaced by Russia Russia Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
39		1971	2009	Asian	Permanent member
25		1946	1971	Asian	Former permanent member, replaced by People's Republic of China People's Republic of China The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
19		1958	2009	Asian	Current membership of Security Council expires in December 2010
19		1991	2009	E. European	Permanent Member
18		1946	2005	GRULAC
16		1959	2006	GRULAC
12		1948	2000	WEOG
12		1947	2002	GRULAC
12		1950	1992	Asian
12		1959	2008	WEOG
12		1952	2004	Asian
10		1947	2008	WEOG
10		1958	2008	GRULAC
9		1946	1997	African (Arabic)	Includes 2 years with the seat held in the name of the United Arab Republic United Arab Republic The United Arab Republic , often abbreviated as the U.A.R., was a union between Egypt and Syria. The union began in 1958 and existed until 1961 when Syria seceded from the union.... , of which for more than 15 months UAR served as the name of modern day Egypt
9		1946	2000	WEOG
9		1946	1997	E. European
8		1946	1986	WEOG
8		1952	2004	GRULAC
8		1953	2006	WEOG
8		1977	2004	WEOG	Includes 4 years during which this country occupied a smaller area, and was informally known as West Germany
8		1949	2002	WEOG
8		1955	2007	GRULAC
8		1969	2004	WEOG
8		1962	1993	GRULAC
7		1962	2005	E. European
7		1947	2003	Asian (Arabic)	Includes one year (1961) during which the United Arab Republic United Arab Republic The United Arab Republic , often abbreviated as the U.A.R., was a union between Egypt and Syria. The union began in 1958 and existed until 1961 when Syria seceded from the union....  was a member, for the greater part of which Syria was a member of that union
7		1950	1989	E. European	Predecessor of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkans peninsula of South Eastern Europe with an area of 51,129 square kilometres . Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the south, Bosnia and Herzegovina is Landlocked#Nearly landlocked, except for 26 kilometres of the Adriatic Sea coas... , Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea.... , Republic of Macedonia Republic of Macedonia The Republic of Macedonia , , often referred to simply as Macedonia, is a landlocked country on the Balkans in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Albania to the west.... , Montenegro Montenegro Montenegro , Montenegrin language/Serbian language: ???? ????, Crna Gora , ) is a country located in Balkans. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Kosovo to the east and Albania to the south.... , Serbia Serbia Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....  and Slovenia Slovenia Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
6		1968	1989	African (Arabic)
6		1966	2003	E. European
6		1974	2009	GRULAC	Current membership of Security Council expires in December 2009
6		1956	1991	GRULAC
6		1950	1992	GRULAC
6		1986	2007	African
6		1973	2008	Asian
6		1946	2009	GRULAC	Current membership of Security Council expires in December 2010
6		1966	1995	African
6		1957	2004	Asian
6		1957	1998	WEOG
6		1951	2009	WEOG	Current membership of Security Council expires in December 2010
6		1980	2003	African (Arabic)
6		1948	2001	E. European	Includes 4 years of membership under the name of . Additionally, Ukraine was part of the USSR during its 45 years of Security Council membership
6		1969	1988	African
5		1973	2009	WEOG	Current membership of Security Council expires in December 2010
5		1962	2002	WEOG
5		1965	2000	Asian
5		1954	1994	WEOG
4		1979	2001	Asian
4		1976	2005	African
4		1964	1979	GRULAC
4		1984	2009	African	Current membership of Security Council expires in December 2009; for first 7 months of membership of the Security council in 1964 was known as Upper Volta.
4		1974	2003	African
4		1964	1991	African
4		1967	1990	African
4		1969	1990	WEOG
4		1978	1999	African
4		1952	2006	WEOG
4		1972	2003	African
4		1975	1983	GRULAC
4		1968	1993	E. European
4		1957	1975	Asian (Arabic)
4		1979	2001	GRULAC
4		1965	1983	Asian (Arabic)
4		1973	1998	African
4		1976	2009	African (Arabic)	Current membership of Security Council expires in December 2009
4		1966	2001	African
4		1974	1978	African
4		1963	1993	African (Arabic)
4		1969	1989	Asian
4		1970	1984	GRULAC
4		1979	1998	WEOG
4		1986	2007	African
4		1968	1989	African
4		1975	2006	African
4		1966	2009	African	Current membership of Security Council expires in December 2010
4		1982	1991	African	Now known as Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo , is a country in central Africa with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest list of African countries in order of geographical area....
4		1983	1992	African
3		1964	1979	E. European	Predecessor of Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....  and Slovakia Slovakia Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
2		2003	2004	African
2		1998	1999	Asian (Arabic)
2		1974	1975	E. European	Now known as Belarus Belarus Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
2		1995	1996	African
2		1970	1971	African
2		1992	1993	African
2		1960	1961	Asian	Now known as Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India....
2		2008	2009	E. European	Current membership of Security Council expires in December 2009. Was also part of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership
2		1994	1995	E. European	Was also part of Czechoslovakia during its 3 years of Security Council membership
2		1993	1994	African
2		1998	1999	African
2		1980	1981	E. European	Now subsumed into Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.... , which has 4 years of Security Council membership since it has included the former territory of East Germany
2		1996	1997	African
2		1995	1996	GRULAC
2		1955	1956	Asian
2		1978	1979	Asian (Arabic)
2		1953	1954	Asian (Arabic)
2		1985	1986	African
2		1983	1984	WEOG
2		2001	2002	African
2		1999	2000	African
2		1980	1981	African
2		1994	1995	Asian (Arabic)
2		1968	1969	GRULAC
2		1996	1997	Asian
2		1994	1995	African
2		1970	1971	African
2		2001	2002	Asian	Was also part of Malaysia for several months of 1965 during its membership of the Security Council
2		2006	2007	E. European	Was also part of Czechoslovakia during its 3 years of Security Council membership
2		1998	1998	E. European	Was also part of Yugoslavia during its 7 years of Security Council membership
2		1971	1972	African
2		2007	2008	African
2		1972	1973	African (Arabic)
2		1985	1986	Asian
2		1982	1983	African
2		1985	1986	GRULAC
2		2006	2007	Asian (Arabic)
2		1986	1987	Asian (Arabic)
2		1961	1962	African (Arabic)	Predecessor of Syria Syria Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....  and Egypt Egypt Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
2		1965	1966	GRULAC
2		2008	2009	Asian	Current membership of Security Council expires in December 2009
2		1990	1991	Asian (Arabic)	The entity elected, and which held the Security Council seat for the first five months of membership, was South Yemen: unification with North Yemen North Yemen North Yemen is a term currently used to designate both the Yemen Arab Republic and its predecessor, the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen , that exercised sovereignty over the territory that is now the northern part of the state of Yemen in southern Arabia....  occurred during the time of membership.
1		1961	1961	African

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