Friday, 10th October 2025

UN Security Council Welcomes Five New Voices for 2026 Mandate

New geopolitical players join the frontlines of global peace and power

In a significant vote reflecting the geopolitical ebb and flow of our times, the UN General Assembly has elected Bahrein, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia and Liberia as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council.

Their two-year mandates, commencing January 2026, will see them shape global peace and security through 2027.

This incoming cohort replaces Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia—whose terms conclude at the end of 2025—and joins the current non-permanent members Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia.

The 15-member Council includes five permanent powers wielding vetoes—China, France, Russia, the UK and the US—and ten elected members, rotated to ensure regional representation.

Chosen through secret ballot, each of the new members surpassed the required two-thirds majority of the 193-member General Assembly.

The selection, while procedural, underscores a strategic balancing act in global diplomacy, as emerging and established voices converge to tackle the world’s most pressing crises.

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