Installation Ceremony of Non-Permanent Members of Security Council for 2026-2027

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 2026-2027 was held today at UN Headquarters. The five new non-permanent members are Bahrain, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia.

From left to right are Jamal Fares Alrowaiei, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United Nations, Noella Ayeganagato Nakwipone, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Democratic Republic of Congo, Leonor Zalabata Torres, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, Abukar Dahir Osman, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Somalia to the United Nations, Kairat Umarov, Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations, Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific in the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, Sanita Pavļuta-Deslandes, Permanent Representative of Latvia to the United Nations, and Lewis Garseedah Brown II, Permanent Representative of Republic of Liberia to the United Nations.