General Assembly Elects Belgium, Dominican Republic, Germany, Indonesia, South Africa as Non-permanent Members of Security Council

All Meet Required Two-Thirds Majority, Winning Election in Single Round of Voting

In a single round of voting today, the General Assembly elected Belgium, Dominican Republic, Germany, Indonesia and South Africa as non-permanent members of the Security Council for two-year terms spanning 2019-2020.

They will fill Council seats to be vacated on 31 December by Bolivia, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Netherlands and Sweden.  Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru and Poland will continue as elected members, completing the second year of their respective terms in 2019.  All new Council members will take their seats on 1 January 2019.

The five new members were elected in accordance with the following pattern:  two seats for the African and Asia-Pacific States, one seat for the Latin American and Caribbean States and two for the Western European and Other States.  All the new members met the required two-thirds majority and were elected in the first and only round of voting.

The Assembly will reconvene at a date and time to be announced.

Voting Results