Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland were elected to the UN Security Council as non-permanent members for the 2023-2024 term and will replace India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico and Norway at the horse-shoe table from January 1 next year.
The elections were held on 9th June, 2022 and the results declared shortly after.
Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, and the UAE are the other non-permanent members of the Security Council.
With this, the 2023-24 composition of the UN Security Council is as under:
Permanent Members (holding veto rights):
USA
Russia
China
France
UK
Non Permanent Members (selected for 2 years at a time):
Albania
Brazil
Gabon
Ghana
UAE
Japan
Malta
Mozambique
Ecuador
Switzerland
How many of these countries can you identify in the unlabeled map below?
