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/
- Afghanistan 26
- Albania 2
- Algeria 4
- Angola 22
- Argentina 1
- Azerbaijan 1
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 42
- Burundi 33
- Cambodia 1
- Cameroon 2
- Central African Republic 21
- Chad 7
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 59
- Congo, Republic of the 2
- Croatia 32
- Cuba 1
- Cyprus 3
- Côte d'Ivoire 26
- Denmark 1
- Djibouti 1
- Egypt 1
- El Salvador 2
- Eritrea 10
- Ethiopia 11
- Georgia 16
- Guatemala 2
- Guinea 2
- Guinea-Bissau 16
- Haiti 17
- Indonesia 1
- Iraq 25
- Israel 25
- Jordan 1
- Kenya 1
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 5
- Kuwait 13
- Lebanon 36
- Liberia 9
- Libya 13
- Mali 5
- Mauritania 1
- Montenegro 4
- Mozambique 4
- Myanmar 2
- Nepal 1
- Nigeria 2
- Pakistan 5
- Palestine, State of 6
- Papua New Guinea 2
- Russian Federation 2
- Rwanda 15
- Serbia 21
- Sierra Leone 23
- Solomon Islands 1
- Somalia 36
- South Africa 1
- South Sudan 9
- Spain 1
- Sudan 28
- Syrian Arab Republic 29
- Tajikistan 14
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 3
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 12
- Turkey 1
- Uganda 3
- Western Sahara Territory 4
- Yemen 6
- Zimbabwe 1
- Anti-terrorism law 1
- Armed forces / Military 4
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 12
- Border conflict 4
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 7
- Capacity building of state institutions 3
- Ceasefire 8
- Child soldiers 9
- Children's rights 5
- Children-at-risk 6
- Civil war 2
- Civilian character of asylum 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 8
- Conflict prevention 5
- Conflict resolution 12
- Conflict situation 16
- Coup d'état 2
- Crime prevention 3
- Crimes against humanity 1
- Criminal justice 15
- Demobilization / Disarmament 9
- Democracy 2
- Drug trafficking 6
- Elections 21
- Embargo 1
- Ethnic cleansing 5
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
- Foreign occupation 1
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 2
- Freedom of assembly and association 1
- Freedom of movement 32
- Gender-based persecution 1
- Genocide 2
- Good governance 4
- HIV and AIDS 1
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 59
- Humanitarian assistance 20
- Impunity 5
- Integration 2
- Internal armed conflict 26
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 7
- International armed conflict 12
- International courts and tribunals 3
- International criminal law 2
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 7
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
- Law of the sea 1
- Military operations 4
- National security / Public order 1
- Naturalization 1
- Opposition 2
- Palestinian 1
- Peace agreements 5
- Peace process 18
- Peacekeeping 63
- Piracy 3
- Political parties 3
- Political situation 60
- Prison or detention conditions 1
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 22
- Reconciliation 1
- Refugees 10
- Resettlement 3
- Returnees 1
- Right to self-determination 2
- Rights of non-citizens 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 16
- SGBV 5
- Sanctions 1
- Security forces 7
- Security situation 83
- Small arms 1
- Terrorism 46
- Trafficking in persons 1
- Voluntary repatriation 3
- War crimes 2
- Women's rights 4
- Women-at-risk 2
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