Greece was elected, on June 6 2024, as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2025-2026 term with the support of 182 states. This marks the third time our country will hold a seat on the Security Council, following the two-year terms in 1952-1953 and 2005-2006.

Three Greek words of universal meaning, starting with D, will guide Greece’s term on the United Nations Security Council:

Dialogue Diplomacy Democracy
Dialogue Diplomacy Democracy

Dialogue: the act of exchanging reasonable arguments

Diplomacy: rooted in the Greek word for two, diplomacy is in essence the dialogue between two parts

Democracy: it literally means power of the people

Dialogue

Diplomacy

Democracy

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Greece enters the UN Security Council – Flag Installation Ceremony

Proud moment, Greece raises its flag at the UN Security Council during today’s Flag Installation Ceremony. Together with Denmark, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia, Greece will serve as an elected UNSC member for the next two years. 

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Greece begins its term as an elected member of the UN Security Council

As of today, January 1, 2025, Greece assumes the position as an elected member of the UN Security Council at a particularly critical juncture in international affairs.

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Team Hellas @ UN COP29 in Baku

The Hellenic Republic is participating with a national pavilion at this year’s 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29), taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to November 22.

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79th UN General Assembly: Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets with UN Secretary-General António Guterres

The Prime Minister stressed that Greece wants to be a bridge between the South and the North, the West and the East, as it is a member state of the EU and NATO, and at the same time talks with countries of the Global South.