Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland elected non-permanent members of UN Security Council

Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland elected non-permanent members of UN Security Council

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Category : International Published on: June 14 2022

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  • Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for a two-year term.
  • The newly elected members will take up their new responsibilities on Jan 1, 2023, and will serve till Dec 31, 2024.
  • They will replace the outgoing non-permanent members of India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico and Norway.
  • Among the five newly elected members, Mozambique and Switzerland have never served on the Security Council.
  • The Security Council has 15 members, five of which are permanent ones: Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States. The 10 non-permanent seats of the council are allocated by geographic region, with five replaced each year.
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