History was made on Wednesday as Trinidad and Tobago secured one of five non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council.

At the UN headquarters in New York, T&T emerged successful in a field of seven contenders vying for the available seats, earning 181 of 191 votes, surpassing the two-thirds minimum vote required.

President of the United Nations General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock, made the announcement: “Number of votes obtained: Trinidad and Tobago 181, Guyana one. Having obtained the required two thirds majority and the largest number of votes, Austria, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe are elected members of the Security Council for a two-year term beginning on January 1st, 2027.”