Greece secured a seat on the UN Security Council for the 2025–2026 term, the Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry announced.

Greece was elected on Thursday as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, gathering 182 votes during the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, which held elections earlier today.

In addition to Greece, Denmark, Panama, Somalia, and Pakistan were elected for two-year terms to non-permanent seats on the 15-member Council.

The elected countries will start their two-year terms on Jan. 1 and will replace Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland, whose terms end on Dec. 31.

According to diplomatic sources, this is a great honour for Greece, but it is also a great responsibility as it requires the maintenance of delicate balances, systematic planning, vigilance, and reflexes for the formulation of national positions in combination with European positions and the correlations in the Security Council.