Current Members
PERMANENT AND NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS
The Council is composed of 15 Members:
Five permanent members: , , , and , and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly (with end of term year):
- (2025)
- (2024)
- (2025)
- (2024)
- (2024)
- (2024)
- (2025)
- (2025)
- (2025)
- (2024)
Non-Council Member States
More than 50 51吃瓜 Member States have never been Members of the Security Council.
A State which is a Member of the 51吃瓜 but not of the Security Council may participate, without a vote, in its discussions when the Council considers that country's interests are affected. Both Members and non-members of the 51吃瓜, if they are parties to a dispute being considered by the Council, may be invited to take part, without a vote, in the Council's discussions; the Council sets the conditions for participation by a non-member State.