List of members of the United Nations Security Council
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The list of members of the United Nations Security Council shows in chronological order all the members of the United Nations Security Council since its first meeting on November 17, 1946. In addition to five permanent members, the so-called UNO veto powers , there are ten seats (six seats until 1965) to changing non-permanent members every two years. Japan (22 years), Brazil (20 years) and Argentina (18 years) have the longest duration as a non-permanent member .
List of members
Permanent members
| Period | Permanent members | ||||
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| 1946-1949 |
 Republic of China
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 France
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 Soviet Union
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 United Kingdom
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 United States
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| 1949-1971 |
Taiwan
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| 1971-1991 |
 People's Republic of China
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| since 1991 |
 Russia
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Non-permanent members (1946 to 1965)
| year | Latin America | Commonwealth | Eastern Europe and Asia 1 | Middle East | Western Europe | |
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| 1946 |
 Brazil
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 Australia
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.svg){kind=small} Poland
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.svg){kind=small} Egypt
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 Netherlands
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| 1947 |
 Colombia
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 Syria
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 Belgium
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| 1948 |
 Argentina
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.svg){kind=small} Canada
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 Ukrainian SSR
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| 1949 |
 Cuba
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Egypt
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 Norway
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| 1950 |
 Ecuador
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 India
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| 1951 |
Brazil
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 Turkey
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Netherlands
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| 1952 |
 Chile
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 Pakistan
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.svg){kind=small} Greece
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| 1953 |
Colombia
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 Lebanon
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 Denmark
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| 1954 |
Brazil
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 New Zealand
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Turkey
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| 1955 |
 Peru
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Belgium
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| 1956 |
Cuba
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Australia
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Yugoslavia
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| 1957 |
Colombia
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.svg){kind=small} Philippines
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 Iraq
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 Sweden
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| 1958 |
 Panama
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.svg){kind=small} Canada
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.svg){kind=small} Japan
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| 1959 |
Argentina
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.svg){kind=small} Tunisia
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 Italy
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| 1960 |
Ecuador
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Poland
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| 1961 |
Chile
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Turkey
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 United Arab Republic
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 Liberia 2
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| 1962 |
.svg){kind=small} Venezuela
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 Ghana
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.svg){kind=small} Romania
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 Ireland
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| 1963 |
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Philippines
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 Morocco 2
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Norway
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| 1964 |
 Bolivia
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 Ivory Coast 2
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 Czechoslovakia
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| 1965 |
 Uruguay
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 Malaysia
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 Jordan
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Netherlands
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1 Between 1946 and 1955 exclusively Eastern Europe.
2 Not a member of the country group concerned.
Non-permanent members (since 1966)
The seats are allocated according to the regional groups of the United Nations .
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4thUntil August 1984 under the name Upper Volta .
5Until May 1990 only South Yemen .
Web links
- United Nations Security Council: Members Search. In: un.org , accessed April 3, 2019.