Video: Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on June 11, 2021 for a two-year term beginning on Jan. 1, 2022. (Xinhua)
All five candidates are running unopposed. They will replace the outgoing non-permanent members of Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia, and Vietnam.
UNITED NATIONS, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on Friday for a two-year term.
The newly elected members will take up their new responsibilities on Jan. 1, 2022, and leave the council on Dec. 31, 2023.
All five candidates were running unopposed on Friday. They will replace the outgoing non-permanent members of Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia, and Vietnam.
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. ■
