[#South Korea and other five countries elected non-permanent members of the Security Council#, two-year term] On the 6th, the United Nations General Assembly held a vote to re-elect the five non-permanent seats on the Security Council, and South Korea, Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone and Slovenia won the election, starting in January 2024 for a two-year term. They will take over the seats of Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates.
South Korea's Permanent Representative to the United Nations said that after the start of his term, South Korea will mainly focus on four areas: peacekeeping, women's peace and security, cybersecurity and climate security. At the same time, South Korea will also focus on North Korea's nuclear and human rights issues.
The Security Council is composed of 15 countries, of which China, the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Russia are the five permanent members of the Security Council, do not need to be re-elected, and have a veto power over the resolution. The other 10 seats are non-permanent members, elected by the General Assembly, and five of them are re-elected annually in accordance with the geographical system, and the elected countries are not eligible for re-election. (Reporting by Phoenix Satellite TV Chen Yingqian and Jiang Guangfu in New York)
