United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) elected South Africa, Indonesia, Dominican Republic, Germany and Belgium as non-permanent members of UN Security Council (UNSC).

• They will have two-year term beginning January 1, 2019.
• These five non-permanent members were elected according to the following pattern - Two seats for Group of African states and Group of Asia-Pacific states, One for the Group of Latin American and Caribbean states and Two seats for Western European and other states.

The Council is composed of 15 Members: Five permanent members: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly