6 nations join UN Security Council as non-permanent members
Six countries namely Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Peru and Poland, on Tuesday formally joined the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as non-permanent members. Egypt, Italy, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay left the council last week. The UNSC has 15 members, five permanent members and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly.n