MojNews-The UN General Assembly elected Friday five new non-permanent members to join the ranks of the Security Council , including two nations who had never before served.

Estonia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Caribbean island nation, were reportedly elected alongside Niger, Tunisia, and Vietnam.

Each has been elected to a two-year term beginning Jan. ۱, ۲۰۲۰ after acquiring the required two-thirds majority from the General Assembly.

While China, Russia, the U.S., U.K., and France serve as the council&#۳۹;s five permanent members who wield veto power, the rest of the ۱۵-member council is elected to staggered two-year terms and is drawn from global regions.

Belgium, Cote d’Ivoire, the Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Indonesia, Kuwait, Peru, Poland, and South Africa currently comprise the ۱۰ non-permanent member states.