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)
• Dominican Republic (2020)
• Estonia (2021)
• Germany (2020)
• Indonesia (2020)
• Niger (2021)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2021)
• South Africa (2020)
• Tunisia (2021)
• Viet Nam (2021)

Non-Council Member States

More than 50 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.