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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Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 7515th meeting, 28 August 2015, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan"] 28 August 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 7504th meeting, 17 Aug. 2015, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Middle East"] 17 August 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Security Council resolution 2235 (2015) [on establishment of an OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism to identify the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic] 7 August 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 7433rd meeting, 24 April 2015, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Middle East"] 24 April 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 7411th meeting, 22 March 2015, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Middle East"] 22 March 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Letter dated 6 March 2015 from the Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General : Concept note for the Security Council open debate on children and armed conflict: child victims of non-State armed groups, 25 March 2015 6 March 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Thematic Reports
Security Council resolution 2202 (2015) [on the Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements (12 Feb. 2015)] 17 February 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014) and 2165 (2014) : report of the Secretary-General 24 September 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014) and 2165 (2014) : report of the Secretary-General 24 September 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Security Council resolution 2178 (2014) [on threats to international peace and security caused by foreign terrorist fighters] 24 September 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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