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The 2022 United Nations Security Council election was held on 9 June 2022 during the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City.[1] The elections are for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2023. 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:

The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2023–24 period.

Candidates

Africa Group

Asia-Pacific Group

Western Europe and Others Group

  •  Switzerland:[6] Switzerland released a website dedicated to the final phase of its candidature on 30 October 2020[7]
  •  Malta[8]

Latin America and the Caribbean

Result

African and Asia-Pacific Groups

African and Asia-Pacific Groups election results[9]
Member Round 1
valid ballots 192
abstentions 0
present and voting 192
required majority 128
 Mozambique 192
 Japan 184
 Mongolia 3

Latin American and Caribbean Group

Latin American and Caribbean Group election results[9]
Member Round 1
valid ballots 192
abstentions 2
present and voting 190
required majority 127
 Ecuador 190

Western European and Others Group

Western European and Others Group election results[9]
Member Round 1
valid ballots 192
abstentions 2
present and voting 190
required majority 127
 Switzerland 187
 Malta 185

2023 marked the first time that Mozambique and Switzerland ever held a Security Council seat.[10]

See also

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