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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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Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Central Africa and the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa

30 November 2015 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Regional Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in the Central African Republic

29 July 2015 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Children and armed conflict: report of the Secretary-General

5 June 2015 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Annual Reports

Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 7349th meeting, 18 December 2014, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Central African Republic"]

18 December 2014 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa and on the Lord's Resistance Army-affected areas

14 November 2013 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Regional Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa and on the Lord's Resistance Army-affected areas

20 May 2013 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Regional Reports

Children and armed conflict: report of the Secretary-General

15 May 2013 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad

30 July 2010 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 1861 (2009) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)]

14 January 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1778 (2007) [on the establishment of the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)]

25 September 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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