UN General Assembly elects new non-permanent Security Council members for 2027-2028

The UN General Assembly elected five new non-permanent members to the Security Council for the 2027-2028 term: Zimbabwe, Trinidad and Tobago, Austria, Portugal, and Kyrgyzstan. Slovakia was also a candidate for one of the non-permanent seats but was not selected. The UN Security Council consists of 15 members total - five permanent members with veto power (the United States, Russia, China, Britain, and France) and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the 193-member General Assembly. Non-permanent members play an important role in Security Council deliberations on international peace and security issues, though they cannot veto resolutions.