Bahrain, Colombia, 3 others were elected as the UN Security Council

The UN General Assembly on Tuesday selected five new members of the Agency Security Council that was not permanent.

Bahrain, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Latvia and Liberia was elected to serve as a member of the UN Security Council who was not permanent, with a period of two years starting in January 2026.

Countries will serve until the end of 2027 concerning the United Nations Agency which is responsible for maintaining international peace and security.

They will join five non-permanent members selected in 2024-Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, and Somalia-who will serve until 2026.

The upcoming members will replace Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, and Slovenia, whose terms ended in December 2025.

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The Security Council has 15 permanent members of the permanent-Chinese, France, Russian, British and United States members who hold Veto’s power, and 10 non-permanent members chosen by the General Assembly for a staggered two-year-old term.

Elections are held every year with secret voting, with a chair allocated by regional groups.

Candidates must secure the majority of two -thirds in the General Assembly consisting of 193 to be elected.

As many as 188 member countries participated in the election, which only needed one round of voting.