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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- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 8
- Border conflict 9
- Child soldiers 4
- Children's rights 3
- Children-at-risk 3
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 3
- Conflict resolution 2
- Conflict situation 2
- Crimes against humanity 1
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- Effective remedy 2
- Freedom of movement 3
- HIV and AIDS 1
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 8
- Human rights monitors 3
- Humanitarian assistance 20
- Internal armed conflict 19
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1
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- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 1
- Military operations 4
- Non-state agents of persecution 1
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- Peace process 3
- Peacekeeping 31
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- Political situation 17
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 7
- Refugees 1
- Right to self-determination 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 2
- SGBV 4
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- Security situation 24
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