2026 United Nations Security Council election

The 2026 United Nations Security Council election will be held in mid-2026 during the 80th 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 2027. 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,^[1] the five available seats are allocated as follows:

• One for the African Group
• One for the Asia-Pacific Group
• One for the Latin American and Caribbean Group
• Two for the Western European and Others Group

2026 United Nations Security Council election

← 2025 2026 2027 →
5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
Incumbent Members  Somalia (Africa)  Pakistan (Asia–Pacific)  Panama (GRULAC)  Denmark (WEOG)  Greece (WEOG)

The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2027–28 period.

Candidates

African Group

•  Zimbabwe^[2]

Asia-Pacific Group

•  Philippines^[3]
•  Kyrgyzstan^[4]

Western European and Others Group

•  Austria^[5]
•  Germany^[6]
•  Portugal^[7]

See also

• List of members of the United Nations Security Council