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/

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Security Council resolution 2239 (2015) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 Sept. 2016] 17 September 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic 29 July 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Security Council resolution 2230 (2015) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) until 15 Dec. 2015)] 14 July 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Fourth report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 6 of resolution 2169 (2014) 13 July 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Security Council resolution 2228 (2015) [on extension of the mandate of the AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) until 30 June 2016] 29 June 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Children and armed conflict: report of the Secretary-General 5 June 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Annual Reports
Thirty-sixth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire 7 May 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Letter dated 22 April 2015 from the Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General 22 April 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Letter dated 9 April 2015 from the Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General 9 April 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Thematic Reports
Conflict-related sexual violence : report of the Secretary-General 23 March 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Annual Reports

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