Trinidad and Tobago is running unopposed for the Latin American and Caribbean Group’s single seat on the United Nations Security Council for the upcoming two-year term.
Countries must still secure a two-thirds majority vote from the General Assembly to be elected to the non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council.
Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs, Sean Sobers, indicated that Trinidad and Tobago is committed to securing the votes needed to win the seat.
“The focus, in terms of what we want to bring to the United Nations Security Council, because it’s one of the most powerful organs of the United Nations. So sitting there as a non-permanent five-member, apart from being just part of the room and part of the conversation, you actually have the ability to chair the UNSC at least two times within your term.”
For the 2027 term, the allocated regional seats are for the Asia-Pacific Group, the African Group, and the Latin American and Caribbean Group and two seats for the Western Europe and Others Group.
“Apart from the support we have from LACG, which is Latin America and the Caribbean, and the support from CARICOM, we’ve been going out to touch other partners around the world to ensure that we get their support. And they’ve been interested in finding out, well, what do you intend to do if you become a non-permanent five-member? We focus on a mandate that the Prime Minister has given us which is to focus on what affects Trinidad and Tobago first and the wider Caribbean and the rest of the world.”
Minister Sobers shared the issues which this country will champion during its term.
“Issues related to women, peace and security, the movement of small arms, which is a huge problem that we have in the Southern Caribbean, and also, which is one of the most important ones that has been raised and has been accepted by every single person we’ve spoken to, is the positive and the negative usage of artificial intelligence.”
The 2026 UN Security Council election is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026.