2016 United Nations Security Council election
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The 2016 United Nations Security Council election was held on 28 June[1] during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections were for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2017. 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 were allocated as follows:
- One for Africa
- One for the Asia-Pacific Group[2]
- One for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Two for the Western European and Others Group
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5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council | ||||
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United Nations Security Council membership after the elections Permanent members Non-permanent members | ||||
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The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2017–18 period.
This was the first time a Security Council election was held in the month of June.[3] On 18 September 2014, the General Assembly adopted Resolution 68/307 to push the elections back to six months prior to the beginning of the newly elected Council members' terms.[4] Moreover, this was the first election of Kazakhstan to the Council.