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Kyrgyzstan, the second Central Asian country ever to be elected as a non-permanent member of the UNSC, was propelled to victory on the back of a wave of diplomatic support from its neighbors, Turkiye, and Muslim states.
The delegation of Kyrgyzstan celebrates being elected as non-permanent members of the Security Council for the term 2027-2028 during the 86th plenary meeting of the General Assembly.
Kyrgyzstan is set to serve a two-year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) after defeating the Philippines in a tightly matched ballot on June 3 to represent the Asia-Pacific region on the body.
With its election, Kyrgyzstan becomes only the second Central Asian country to hold a seat on the 15-member council, the United Nations’ principal organ for maintaining international security, after Kazakhstan, which was elected in 2016 and served a term from 2017-2018. The UNSC is comprised of five permanent members — China, France, Russia, the U.K, and the U.S. — and 10 non-permanent members distributed regionally and elected to staggered two-year terms. Central Asia falls within the U.N.’s Asia-Pacific region.
