(260102) -- UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 2, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Kazakh UN ambassador Kairat Umarov speaks at a flag installation ceremony for the five new elected members of the Security Council in his capacity as co-host, at the UN headquarters in New York, Jan. 2, 2026. Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia and Liberia on Friday began to assume responsibilities as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. (Mark Garten/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)