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UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL CURRENT MEMBERS

Permanent and Non-Permanent Members

The Council is composed of 15 Members:

five permanent members: 
1. China, 
2. France, 
3. Russian Federation, 
4. United Kingdom, 
5. United States,

and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly (with end of term date):
1. Angola (2016)
2. Chad (2015)
3. Chile (2015)
4. Jordan (2015)
5. Lithuania (2015)
6. Malaysia (2016)
7. New Zealand (2016)
8. Nigeria (2015)
9. Spain (2016)
10. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (2016)

Non-Council Member States
More than 60 United Nations Member States have never been Members of the Security Council.

A State which is a Member of the United Nations but not of the Security Council may participate, without a vote, in its discussions when the Council considers that that country's interests are affected. Both Members and non-members of the United Nations, 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.

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