2016 United Nations Security Council election

The 2016 United Nations Security Council election was held on 28 June during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections were for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2017. 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 were allocated as follows:

  • One for Africa
  • One for the Asia-Pacific Group
  • One for Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Two for the Western European and Others Group

2016 United Nations Security Council election
28 June 2016
5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council membership after the elections
  Permanent members
  Non-permanent members
Members before election
 Angola (Africa)

 Malaysia (Asia)

 Venezuela (LatAm&Car)

 New Zealand (WEOG)

 Spain (WEOG)

 New members
 Ethiopia (Africa)

 Kazakhstan (Asia)

 Bolivia (LatAm&Car)

 Sweden (WEOG)

 Italy (WEOG)

Unsuccessful candidates
 Thailand (Asia)

The five members will serve on the Security Council for the 2017–18 period.

This was the first time a Security Council election was held in the month of June. On 18 September 2014, the General Assembly adopted Resolution 68/307 to push the elections back to six months prior to the beginning of the newly elected Council members' terms. Moreover, this was the first election of Kazakhstan to the Council.

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