Egypt (Africa, Arab) Guinea-Bissau (Africa) South Korea (Asia) Chile (LatAm&Car) Poland (E. Europe) The 1997 United Nations Security Council election was held on 14 October 1997 at United Nations Headquarters in New York City during the 52nd session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The General Assembly elected five non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year terms commencing on 1 January 1998.
In accordance with the General Assembly's rules for the geographic distribution of the non-permanent members of the Security Council, and established practice, the members were to be elected as follows: two from Africa, one from Asia, one from Latin American and the Caribbean Group (GRULAC), and one from the Eastern European Group.
For each geographic group, each member state could vote for as many candidates as were to be elected.
With Macedonia losing to Slovenia, and all the other candidates securing their respective majority supports of 2/3, the final result was as follows: Bahrain, Brazil, Gabon, Gambia, and Slovenia were elected to serve two-year terms at the United Nations Security Council commencing 1 January 1998.