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United Nations Security Council election, 2017

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2017

The 2017 United Nations Security Council election will be held in mid-2017 during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections are for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2018. In accordance with the Security Council's rotation rules, whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes, the five available seats are allocated as follows:

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  • Two for Africa
  • One for the Asia-Pacific Group
  • One for Latin America and the Caribbean
  • One for the Eastern European Group
  • The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2018–19 period.

    African Group

  •  Ivory Coast
  •  Equatorial Guinea
  • Asia Pacific Group

  •  Kuwait
  • Eastern European Group

  •  Poland
  • Latin American and Caribbean Group

  •  Peru
  • References

    United Nations Security Council election, 2017 Wikipedia