1967 United Nations Security Council election

^[1][2] A sitting member may not immediately run for re-election.^[3]

In accordance with the rules whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes,^[4] the five available seats are allocated as follows:

• Two for African countries, one of which being the "Arab Swing Seat" (held by Mali and Nigeria)
• One for the Asian Group (now the Asia-Pacific Group^[5]) (held by Japan)
• One for Latin America and the Caribbean (held by Argentina)
• One for the Eastern European Group (held by Bulgaria)

To be elected, a candidate must receive a two-thirds majority of those present and voting. If the vote is inconclusive after the first round, three rounds of restricted voting shall take place, followed by three rounds of unrestricted voting, and so on, until a result has been obtained. In restricted voting, only official candidates may be voted on, while in unrestricted voting, any member of the given regional group, with the exception of current Council members, may be voted on.

Source:^[6]

• List of members of the United Nations Security Council
• Pakistan and the United Nations