Denmark in the Security Council for the next two years

Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark. UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Denmark, Greece, Panama, Pakistan, and Somalia have joined the UN Security Council as of 1 January as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for the biennium 2025-2026.

It is the fifth time Denmark serves as a non-permanent member of the Council.

The Nordic Countries have traditionally fielded a candidate to the Security Council for every other two-year mandate. Norway was elected 17 June 2020 to the Security Council for 2021-2022.

Christina Markus Lassen, permanent representative of Denmark to the UN (centre) and Lars Løkke Rasmussen Denmark´s Foreign Minister at the General Assembly

Standing up for international law

In the run-up to the election to the Security Council Denmark declared that as a member it would be standing up for International Law, including International Humanitarian Law, and pushing for a more Accountable, Effective and Representative Security Council.

Denmark will also work on promoting three key issues:

To adapt the Security Council’s crisis management and prevention to new types of conflicts
Addressing the impact of climate change on peace and security
Strengthening the Women, Peace and Security agenda in the Security Council

There are 10 non-permanent seats in the UN Security Council in addition to the five permanent seats held by China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Denmark, Greece, Panama, Pakistan, and Somalia were elected by the UN General Assembly, to replace Malta, Switzerland, Ecuador, Japan, and Mozambique in their respective regional groups.