UN Security Council
The Security Council has primary responsibility, under the UN Charter, for the maintenance of international peace and security. Organized to function continuously, a representative of each of its members must be present at all times at United Nations Headquarters. The Council consists of 15 members: five permanent members with veto power (China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America) and ten non-permanent members (Membership: Angola (2016), Chad (2015), Chile (2015), Jordan (2015), Lithuania (2015), Malaysia (2016), New Zealand (2016), Nigeria (2015), Spain (2016), Venezuela (Bolivian Republic of) (2016)) five of which are elected each year by the General Assembly for a two-year term. Website: www.un.org/en/sc/
- Afghanistan 9
- Angola 2
- Benin 2
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 8
- Burkina Faso 1
- Burundi 6
- Cameroon 3
- Central African Republic 6
- Chad 3
- Colombia 1
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13
- Congo, Republic of the 2
- Croatia 15
- Côte d'Ivoire 3
- Eritrea 1
- Gabon 1
- Georgia 3
- Ghana 1
- Guatemala 2
- Guinea 2
- Guinea-Bissau 5
- Haiti 3
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 1
- Iraq 2
- Liberia 3
- Libya 4
- Mali 2
- Mauritania 2
- Niger 2
- Nigeria 2
- Papua New Guinea 1
- Rwanda 4
- Senegal 1
- Serbia 4
- Sierra Leone 3
- Slovenia 1
- Somalia 5
- South Sudan 6
- Sri Lanka 1
- Sudan 5
- Syrian Arab Republic 10
- Tanzania, United Republic of 1
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 1
- Togo 2
- Tunisia 1
- Western Sahara Territory 1
- Yemen 1
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