Algeria and Sierra Leone become member states of UN Security Council
Algeria and Sierra Leone have been installed as part of the newly-elected member states of the United Nations Security Council.
The two African countries are among the five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council, along with Guyana, Slovenia, and the Republic of Korea for the 2024-2025 term.
The newly elected members are assuming the seats of Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, and the United Arab Emirates after their two-year mandates came to a close on December 31.
Algerian Ambassador Amar Bendjama at a flag installation ceremony for the newly elected Members on January 2 in New York said, “The plight of the Palestinian people will be high on our agenda. We will not give up our demand for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and for a just and lasting solution to the Palestinian question, based on the fulfilment of the legitimate right of the Palestinian people to establish its independent State with Al-Quds as its capital.”
Ambassador of Sierra Leone Michael Imran Kanu also said, “Sierra Leone will pursue its priorities based on paArtnership and a representative approach to sustain global peace and security and to make the council take meaningful action and timelessly in maintaining international peace and security, underlining the utility of regional arrangement and regional ownership.”
The UN Security Council is made up of 15 members with China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States making up its five permanent members. The remaining 10 members are non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly.
Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Ecuador and Switzerland will conclude their tenure as members in 2024.
