title: 2021 United Nations Security Council election
text: # 2021 United Nations Security Council election
  
  The 2021 United Nations Security Council election was held on 11 June 2021 during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections are for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2022. In accordance with the Security Council's rotation rules, whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes, the five available seats are allocated as follows:
  
  * Two for Africa
  * One for the Asia-Pacific Group. By tradition, this seat is expected to be filled by an Arab state in the Asian group (the prior Arab member, Tunisia, being African).
  * One for Latin America and the Caribbean
  * One for the Eastern European Group
  
  The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2022–23 period.
  
  ## Candidates
  
  ### African Group
  
  * Gabon
  * Ghana
  * Democratic Republic of the Congo
  
  ### Asia-Pacific Group
  
  * United Arab Emirates
  * Iran
  
  ### Eastern Europe Group
  
  * Albania
  
  ### Latin America and the Caribbean
  
  * Brazil
  
  ## Result
  
  ### African and Asia-Pacific Groups
  
  African and Asia-Pacific Groups election results :
  
  | Member | Round 1 |
  | - | - |
  | Ghana | 185 |
  | Gabon | 183 |
  | United Arab Emirates | 179 |
  | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3 |
  | Iran | 1 |
  | abstentions | 0 |
  | required majority | 129 |
  
  ### Latin American and Caribbean Group
  
  Latin American and Caribbean Group election results :
  
  | Member | Round 1 |
  | - | - |
  | Brazil | 181 |
  | Peru | 1 |
  | abstentions | 8 |
  | required majority | 129 |
  
  ### Eastern European Group
  
  Eastern European Group election results :
  
  | Member | Round 1 |
  | - | - |
  | Albania | 175 |
  | abstentions | 14 |
  | required majority | 117 |
  
  Regarding the election results, 2021 will mark the first time Albania has ever held a Security Council seat. In addition, it will be Brazil's eleventh time, Gabon and Ghana's fourth time, and the UAE's second time sitting on the Security Council.
  
  