Bahrain to bid for UN Security Council seat: What to know
If its candidacy is successful, it would allow the Arab world's smallest nation to have a significant say in critical decisions impacting the Middle East, particularly the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
DUBAI — Bahrain, the smallest member of the Gulf Cooperation Council, plans to bid for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council for a one-year term starting in 2026.
Bahrain's cabinet approved the country's candidacy on March 24 in a meeting chaired by the deputy prime minister.
Bahrain last held a seat on the council from 1998 to 1999. Doing so again would allow the Arab world's smallest nation to have a significant say in critical decisions impacting the Middle East, particularly the ongoing conflict in Gaza. The UN Security Council currently has one Arab non-permanent member, Algeria, whose term expires at the end of the year.
Bahrain also holds the presidency of the Arab League, which has placed the country of 1.5 million at the forefront of facilitating forums, most notably the Arab Summit in Cairo held earlier this month on Gaza's reconstruction.
