Installation Ceremony of Non-Permanent Members of Security Council for 2024-2025

An installation ceremony of the national flags of the countries of the newly elected non-permanent members to serve on the United Nations Security Council for the term 2024-2025 is held today at UN Headquarters. The five new non-permanent members are Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, and Slovenia.

Standing, from left to right: Michael Imran Kanu, Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations; Joonkook Hwang, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations; Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations; Nicolas de Rivière, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of January; Akan Rakhmetullin, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations; Amar Bendjama, Permanent Representative of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria to the United Nations; and Samuel Zbogar, Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations Security Council. The ceremony was organized by the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the United Nations.