Republic of the Congo (Africa)  Ghana (Africa)  Qatar (Asia, Arab)  Slovakia (E. Europe)  Peru (LatAm&Car) The 2007 United Nations Security Council election was held on 16 October 2007 during the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at UN Headquarters in New York City.

The elections were for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2008.

In accordance with the Security Council's rotation rules, whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes,[1] the five available seats were allocated as follows: The five members (elected by a two-thirds majority of the General Assembly, in as many rounds of voting as it takes to achieve that majority) served on the Security Council for the 2008–09 period.

Vietnam was running for the Asian seat, which if successful, would be the first time serving in the council.

Having been endorsed by their respective regional groups, Vietnam, Burkina Faso, and Libya were elected easily, winning 178, 185, and 183, votes, respectively, of a total of 190 possible; 190 ballot papers were distributed in the General Assembly, while there were 192 UN member states in 2007.