They did not get elected; that is what the permanent refers to. The five permanent members have their positions on the UNSC guaranteed by the Charter of the United Nations. It was considered that these five nations would be the best stewards of peace since they represented four different continents and were the Allied Leaders in World War II.
The Security Council has elected and permanent members.
The Security Council has elected and permanent members.
There are 15 members of the UN Security Council, 5 are permanent and 10 are elected.
The UN security council has 15 members. Of these, 5 nations are permanent members (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, & United States) who hold veto power. The remaining 10 are elected non-permanent members with two-year terms. The non-permanent members are elected from the General Assembly and do not have veto power over the Council's resolutions.
There are five permanent members of the Security Council - the USA, the UK, France, China and Russia. There are also ten non-permanent members who are elected to a two year term, elected by the General Assembly. Only the P5 have power of veto over SC resolutions.
At any one time there are 15 members of the UN Security Council. Of these 15 members, 10 are no permanent and 5 are permanent.The permanent members areChina,France,Russia,the United Kingdom,the United States.Each of the 10 non permanent members stay on the council for a 2 year term with five new ones being elected to replace 5 leaving ones each year.
The U.N. Security Council is made up of 5 permanent members (Russia, People's Republic of China, U.S.A., France, and the United Kingdom), plus 10 member nations elected for a 2-year term by the U.N. General Assembly.
In 2010, 5 non-permanent members of the UN Security Council were chosen: Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal, and South Africa. Each of these countries' terms will end in 2012.
10 temporary members.
lalala
There are 5 countries that are permanent members.
There are changes in membership but some of the founding members have a permanent seat and this is how it should be.