[new non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council] the member states of the United Nations General Assembly voted at the United Nations headquarters in New York on June 6, local time, to elect non-permanent members of the Security Council from 2024 to 2025. In accordance with the relevant electoral methods of the United Nations, member states conducted effective ballots in four regions, namely, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Western Europe and other regions. Sierra Leone, Algeria, South Korea, Slovenia and Guyana won more than 2/3 of the votes cast by the United Nations General Assembly to become members of the new Security Council, replacing the existing Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates from January 1, 2024.