List of elected members of the United Nations Security Council

Since 1966, the UN Security Council has included 10 elected (non-permanent) members. To ensure geographical equality, a certain number of members is allocated for each of the five unofficial UN regional groupings: [http://www.thegreenpapers.com/ww/UNSecurityCouncil.phtml]

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* African Group: 3 members
* Asian Group: 2 members
* Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC): 2 members
* Western European and Others Group (WEOG): 2 members; at least one of these must be from Western Europe
* Eastern European Group (CEIT, or Countries with Economies in Transition): 1 memberIn addition, one of the non-permanent members of the council is an Arab country, alternately from the African or Asian groups. It should be noted that the allocation of Security Council members is unofficial and therefore subject to change.

Each year the UN General Assembly elects five new members for a two-year term; these elections always begin on 16 October of the year, and go on until the two-thirds majority for the number of countries for each region has been reached. Reelection is allowed, but the term must not be consecutive. For terms starting in odd years, one member from Africa, one from Asia, one from Latin America, and the two members from the Western Europe and Others Group are elected. For even years, the elected members are two from Africa, one from Asia, one from Latin America, and the one Eastern European member. The Arab member is also elected for even years as one of the members from Africa or Asia, alternately.

From 1946 to 1965, the security council included six non-permanent members. The regional grouping at that time was:
* Latin America: 2 members
* Commonwealth of Nations: 1 member
* Eastern Europe: 1 member
* Middle East: 1 member
* Western Europe: 1 memberThere were some exceptions to this grouping: Liberia took the place of a Western European country in 1961; the Ivory Coast substituted a member of the Commonwealth in 1964-1965; and the Eastern Europe group included Asian countries from 1956 on.

Austria, Iceland and Turkey have already announced their intention to compete for the two WEOG seats for the 2009-2010 term. Portugal and Kazakhstan will run for a seat for the 2011–2012 term. ^{[http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90853/6307367.html] [http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90856/6363595.html]} Guatemala has indicated it will run for the 2012–2013 term.

Elections by year

1946-1965

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