This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress
Five countries were elected non -permanent members of the United Nations Security Council following a vote from the General Assembly which took place Tuesday in New York.
It is Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Bahrain, Latvia and Liberia. New members will have to start their two -year term in January 2026.
The results of the secret ballot of the UN AG member states gave Colombia 180 votes, DRC 183, Bahrain 186, Latvia 178 and Liberia 181.
With the exception of Latvia, which is in its first mandate, the other new members had already sat on the Council. Colombia was there for seven mandates, the DRC for two, while Bahrain and Liberia find the UN body for the second time.
They will thus join the five permanent members of the Council with the right of veto, in this case the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom and France-as well as the five elected countries last year.
The Security Council is the United Nations Executive Board in charge of Peace and Security issues. It consists of five permanent members and ten non -permanent members elected for a period of two years by the General Assembly. Each year, this is the election of five new non-permanent members.
