www.nayasavera13.com/uno/current Permanent and Non-Permanent Members

Current Members

Permanent and Non-Permanent Members

The Council is composed of 15 Members:

• five permanent members: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States,
• and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly (with end of term date):
  • Bolivia (2018)
  • Côte d’Ivoire (2019)
  • Equatorial Guinea (2019)
  • Ethiopia (2018)
  • Kazakhstan (2018)
  • Kuwait (2019)
  • Netherlands (2018)
  • Peru (2019)
  • Poland (2019)
  • Sweden (2018)

Non-Council Member States

More than 60 United Nations Member States have never been Members of the Security Council.

A State which is a Member of the United Nations but not of the Security Council may participate, without a vote, in its discussions when the Council considers that country's interests are affected. Both Members and non-members of the United Nations, if they are parties to a dispute being considered by the Council, may be invited to take part, without a vote, in the Council's discussions; the Council sets the conditions for participation by a non-member State.