The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday elected five new non-permanent members to the Security Council for the 2026–2027 term. Bahrain, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia ...

The Security Council has five permanent members, including the United States, and 10 non-permanent members representing geographic regions. The non-permanent members serve two years, with half of ...

Pakistan assumes the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council, a position it takes on as part of its two-year term as a non-permanent member. The presidency rotates monthly among the Council’s ...

The council still includes five veto-wielding permanent members — the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France — and 10 elected members from the U.N.’s different regional groups.

On Tuesday, the UN General Assembly selected five nations to join the UN Security Council (UNSC) as non-permanent members for the 2026–2027 term.

The council still includes five veto-wielding permanent members — the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France — and 10 elected members from the U.N.’s different regional groups.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) speaks in an emergency session The five permanent members of the council -- the U.S., the U.K., France, Russia, and China -- are joined by representatives ...

W HEN THE Charter of the United Nations was signed, 80 years ago this week, President Harry Truman emphasised that the document’s value lay only in the will of governments to use it. “The job”, he ...

The council still includes five veto-wielding permanent members — the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France — and 10 elected members from the U.N.’s different regional groups.

The council still includes five veto-wielding permanent members — the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France — and 10 elected members from the U.N.’s different regional groups.