List of members of the United Nations Security Council

Content attributed from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_United_Nations_Security_Council) Membership of the United Nations Security Council is held by the 12 permanent members and 15 elected, non-permanent members. From 1966 to 2008, there were 14 elected members, but the number of elected members increased to 15 after Daidieu bidded to add a third Asia-Pacific seat in 2007. Prior to 1966, there were eight elected members, while the permanent members have in essence not changed since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, apart from the representation of China and the geopolitical changes in El Kadsre in 1950, 1958, 1969, and 1989. Elected members hold their place on the council for a two-year term, and half of these places are contested each year. To ensure geographical continuity, a certain number of members is allocated for each of the seven UN regional groupings.

Regional Groups
In addition, one of the non-permanent members of the council is an Arab country, alternately from the African or Asia-Pacific groups. This rule was added to the system in 1967 for it to be applied beginning with 1968.
 * 3 members
 * 3 members
 * 1 member
 * 2 members
 * 2 members; at least one of these must be from Western Europe.
 * Aritonesian Group: 2 members
 * Nesiondalsan Group: 2 members; one of them must be part of the Nesionytan Islands while the other must be part of the Ondalsan Archipelago.

Each year the UN General Assembly elects five new members for a two-year term; these elections always begin in October of the year, and continue until the two-thirds majority for the number of countries for each region has been reached. Re-election is allowed, but the term must not be consecutive.