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 3
- Anti-terrorism law 1
- Armed forces / Military 1
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 2
- Border conflict 1
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 2
- Capacity building of state institutions 1
- Child soldiers 1
- Children's rights 2
- Children-at-risk 3
- Civil and political rights 1
- Conflict prevention 2
- Conflict situation 1
- Demobilization / Disarmament 1
- Drug trafficking 5
- Elections 2
- Gang related violence 2
- Gender mainstreaming 3
- Good governance 4
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 3
- Integration 1
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 1
- Non-state agents of persecution 2
- Peace process 1
- Peacekeeping 5
- Piracy 2
- Political situation 3
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 1
- Refugees 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 5
- SGBV 2
- Security forces 1
- Security situation 8
- Terrorism 10
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
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