Template:Infobox United Nations Security Council election odd/doc

Usage

This template creates an infobox for elections of non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in odd-numbered years.

In line with the regional composition of the Security Council as determined by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1991 (XVIII), three members from the African Group or the Asia-Pacific Group, one member from the Latin American and Caribbean Group and one member from the Eastern European Group are elected in odd-numbered years. It is established practice that of the first three members, two should be from the African Group and one from the Asia-Pacific Group. Moreover, one seat is traditionally considered an Arab seat and alternates between African Arab states (elected in years preceding multiples of 4) and Asian Arab states (elected in years following multiples of 4).

The template assumes that these requirements are fulfilled and provides parameters for the outgoing and incoming members of the respective groups. Typically the arguments for these parameters should be three-letter country code flag template calls, e.g. {{GHA}}, but some countries use a special state version of their flag at the United Nations, e.g. {{flagcountry|BOL|state}}. The African Arab state must be specified as the second of the two African states.

In 2017, there was a sixth election because Italy and the Netherlands had agreed to share a two-year term. The optional parameters old6, new6 and group6 allow such a case to be handled.

The election_date parameter is free-form and may include more than one day if the election stretched over two days (as in 2020) or had to be supplemented at a later date (as in 2013). The only requirement is that it ends in the four-digit year (as this is extracted to create the links to the map and the previous and next elections).

Setting the asia parameter (to any value) causes what is now known as the Asia-Pacific Group to be abbreviated as "Asia" instead of "Asia-Pacific", in line with the designation "Asian Group" in use before 2011.

For future elections, the incoming (and even the outgoing) members may be omitted, and the date may be just the year if no date has been set.

Example

2013 United Nations Security Council election

17 October and 6 December 2013
5 (of 10) non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council membership after the elections   Permanent members   Non-permanent members
Members before election Togo (Africa) Morocco (Africa)a Pakistan (Asia–Pacific) Guatemala (GRULAC) Azerbaijan (EEG) a. Arab state Elected Members Chad (Africa) Nigeria (Africa) Jordan (Asia–Pacific)a Chile (GRULAC) Lithuania (EEG)

{{Infobox United Nations Security Council election odd
| election_date = 17 October and 6 December 2013
| old_africa1 = {{TOG}}
| old_africa2 = {{MAR}}
| old_asia    = {{PAK}}
| old_america = {{GUA}}
| old_europe  = {{AZE}}
| new_africa1 = {{CHA}}
| new_africa2 = {{NGR}}
| new_asia    = {{JOR}}
| new_america = {{CHI}}
| new_europe  = {{LTU}}
}}

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An infobox for elections to the United Nations Security Council in odd-numbered years

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Election date	election_date	The election date(s). May include more than one day. Must end in the four-digit year. Example 17 October and 6 December 2013	String	required
First outgoing African member	old_africa1	The first outgoing member from the African Group	String	required
Second outgoing African member	old_africa2	The second outgoing member from the African Group	String	required
Outgoing Asian member	old_asia	The outgoing member from the Asia–Pacific Group	String	required
Outgoing American member	old_america	The outgoing member from the Latin American and Caribbean Group	String	required
Outgoing European member	old_europe	The outgoing member from the Eastern European Group	String	required
First incoming African member	new_africa1	The first incoming member from the African Group	String	required
Second incoming African member	new_africa2	The second incoming member from the African Group	String	required
Incoming Asian member	new_asia	The incoming member from the Asia–Pacific Group	String	required
Incoming American member	new_america	The incoming member from the Latin American and Caribbean Group	String	required
Incoming European member	new_europe	The incoming member from the Eastern European Group	String	required
Sixth outgoing member	old6	A sixth outgoing member	String	optional
Sixth incoming member	new6	A sixth incoming member	String	optional
Sixth group	group6	The regional group of the sixth election (if any). Should be wikilinked and piped to the corresponding abbreviation. Suggested values [[African Group|Africa]] [[Group of Asia and the Pacific Small Island Developing States|Asia–Pacific]] [[Latin American and Caribbean Group|GRULAC]] [[Eastern European Group|EEG]] [[Western European and Others Group|WEOG]]	String	optional
Old group name	asia	Use pre-2011 "Asia" instead of post-2011 "Asia-Pacific"	Boolean	optional