Current Members

Permanent and Non-Permanent Members

The Council is composed of 15 Members:

Five permanent members: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly (with end of term year):

• Belgium (2020)
• Côte d’Ivoire (2019)
• Dominican Republic (2020)
• Equatorial Guinea (2019)
• Germany (2020)
• Indonesia (2020)
• Kuwait (2019)
• Peru (2019)
• Poland (2019)
• South Africa (2020)

Non-Council Member States

More than 60 United Nations Member States have never been Members of the Security Council.

A State which is a Member of the United Nations but not of the Security Council may participate, without a vote, in its discussions when the Council considers that country's interests are affected. Both Members and non-members of the United Nations, if they are parties to a dispute being considered by the Council, may be invited to take part, without a vote, in the Council's discussions; the Council sets the conditions for participation by a non-member State.