DRC and Liberia Become Non-Permanent Members of UNSC

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In the African and Asia-Pacific group, Bahrain received 186 votes, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) garnered 183 votes, and Liberia received 181 votes, with one country abstaining.

A total of 188 United Nations Member States voted to elect Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia recently to serve as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on Tuesday. The vote only required one round of balloting.

Representatives of the five nations will begin serving on the UN body responsible for maintaining international peace and security in January 2026 and continue their work through the end of 2027.

In the African and Asia-Pacific group, Bahrain received 186 votes, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) garnered 183 votes, and Liberia received 181 votes, with one country abstaining.

In the Eastern European group, Latvia received 178 votes while 10 countries abstained.In the Latin America and the Caribbean group, Colombia received 180 votes, with 8 countries abstaining.

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Barring Latvia, which will take a seat on the Council for the first time in its history, all the elected countries have previously served: Colombia seven times, the DRC twice, and Bahrain and Liberia once each.