Template:Infobox United Nations Security Council election even/doc

Usage

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

In line with the regional composition of the Security Council as determined by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1991 (XVIII), two members from the African Group or the Asia-Pacific Group, one member from the Latin American and Caribbean Group and two members from the Western European and Others Group are elected in even-numbered years. It is established practice that of the first two members, one should be from the African Group and one from the Asia-Pacific Group.

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 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

2020 United Nations Security Council election

17–18 June 2020
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 South Africa (Africa) Indonesia (Asia–Pacific) Dominican Republic (GRULAC) Belgium (WEOG) Germany (WEOG) Elected Members Kenya (Africa) India (Asia–Pacific) Mexico (GRULAC) Ireland (WEOG) Norway (WEOG)

{{Infobox United Nations Security Council election even
| election_date = 17–18 June 2020
| old_africa  = {{RSA}}
| old_asia    = {{IDN}}
| old_america = {{DOM}}
| old_europe1 = {{BEL}}
| old_europe2 = {{GER}}
| new_africa  = {{KEN}}
| new_asia    = {{IND}}
| new_america = {{MEX}}
| new_europe1 = {{IRL}}
| new_europe2 = {{NOR}}
}}

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An infobox for elections to the United Nations Security Council in even-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 17–18 June 2020	String	required
Outgoing African member	old_africa	The 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
First outgoing European member	old_europe1	The first outgoing member from the Western European and Others Group	String	required
Second outgoing European member	old_europe2	The second outgoing member from the Western European and Others Group	String	required
Incoming African member	new_africa	The 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
First incoming European member	new_europe1	The first incoming member from the Western European and Others Group	String	required
Second incoming European member	new_europe2	The second incoming member from the Western European and Others Group	String	required
Old group name	asia	Use pre-2011 "Asia" instead of post-2011 "Asia-Pacific"	Boolean	optional