Correct option is B
The correct answer is option (B) Malaysia
- As of October 2020, Malaysia was not a member of the UN Security Council. The UN Security Council is composed of 15 members: 5 permanent members (P5) with veto power, and 10 non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly.
- The permanent members (P5) are the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China. Malaysia was serving as a non-permanent member from 2013 to 2014 but was not a member of the Security Council in October 2020.
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- Russia is one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, a position it holds as the successor state to the Soviet Union following its dissolution in 1991. As a permanent member, Russia holds veto power over substantive resolutions.
- The United Kingdom is also one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. It has held this position since the founding of the United Nations after World War II.
- France is another permanent member of the UN Security Council and, like the United Kingdom, has had this position since the establishment of the United Nations.