The United Nations General Assembly has elected Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, and Zimbabwe as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term (2027–2028).
The five countries will begin their tenure on 1 January 2027 and serve until 31 December 2028. They will replace the outgoing non-permanent members Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, and Somalia.
The UN Security Council consists of 15 members, including 5 permanent members—China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States—and 10 non-permanent members elected by the UN General Assembly. To secure a non-permanent seat, a candidate must receive a two-thirds majority of the votes cast by member states present and voting.
The election reflects the UN’s principle of regional representation, with non-permanent seats distributed among different geographic regions and renewed on a rotating basis.
