Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, US, May 26, 2026. REUTERS/SHANNON STAPLETON
The Philippines failed to secure a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2027-2028 term after losing to Kyrgyzstan in a four-round election at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Wednesday.
Based on the final vote tally announced during the livestreamed UNGA, Kyrgyzstan won the sole Asia-Pacific seat with 142 votes, surpassing the required two-thirds majority of 128 votes from the 191 member states present and voting. The Philippines received 49 votes.
The Philippines garnered 85 votes in the first round, followed by 81 and 68 votes in the second and third rounds, respectively. This is against Kyrgyzstan’s 105 votes in the first round, 110 in the second, and 123 in the third before clinching victory in the fourth round.
The outcome ended Manila’s multi-year campaign for a seat on the 15-member Security Council.
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