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/
- Abduction 4
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 1
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- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 11
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 2
- Child soldiers 8
- Children's rights 7
- Children-at-risk 8
- Civil and political rights 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 2
- Conflict prevention 3
- Conflict resolution 4
- Conflict situation 7
- Crimes against humanity 2
- Criminal justice 1
- Demobilization / Disarmament 10
- Elections 6
- Embargo 3
- Extrajudicial executions 1
- Freedom of assembly and association 1
- Freedom of expression 1
- Gender-based persecution 1
- HIV and AIDS 1
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 9
- Humanitarian assistance 11
- IDP camps 1
- Impunity 1
- Integration 2
- Internal armed conflict 20
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 4
- International armed conflict 1
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 2
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
- Military operations 4
- Non-state agents of persecution 2
- Peace agreements 3
- Peace process 3
- Peacekeeping 42
- Piracy 3
- Police 2
- Political situation 29
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 10
- Reconciliation 2
- Refugee camps 1
- Refugees 5
- Resettlement 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 8
- SGBV 6
- Sanctions 3
- Security forces 4
- Security situation 36
- Small arms 3
- Terrorism 2
- Voluntary repatriation 1
- War crimes 1
- Women's rights 1
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