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 2246 (2015) [on piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia] 10 November 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 2240 (2015) [on migrant smuggling and human trafficking into, through and from the Libyan territory and off the coast of Libya] 14 October 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 2195 (2014) [on preventing and combating terrorism, including terrorism benefitting from transnational organized crime] 19 December 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 7208th meeting, 25 June 2014 in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in Afghanistan"] 25 June 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Report of the Secretary-General on transnational organized crime and illicit drug trafficking in West Africa and the Sahel region 17 June 2013 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Regional Reports
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 6975th meeting, 6 June 2013, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in Somalia"] 6 June 2013 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 6722nd meeting, 23 Feb. 2012, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "Women and peace and security"] 23 February 2012 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Report of the Secretary-General on specialized anti-piracy courts in Somalia and other States in the region 20 January 2012 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the modalities for the establishment of specialized Somali anti-piracy courts 15 June 2011 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports

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