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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: Bolivia (2018), Egypt (2017), Ethiopia (2018), Italy (2018), Japan (2017), Kazakhstan (2018), Senegal (2017), Sweden (2018), Ukraine (2017), Uruguay (2017)) 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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Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

23 August 2013 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 2107 (2013) [on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait]

27 June 2013 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1545 (2004) [Burundi]

21 May 2004 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1528 (2004) [Côte d'Ivoire]

27 February 2004 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1339 (2001) [Georgia]

31 January 2001 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1284 (1999) [on establishment of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC)]

17 December 1999 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1255 (1999) [Georgia]

30 July 1999 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1228 (1999) [Western Sahara]

11 February 1999 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1215 (1998) [Western Sahara]

17 December 1998 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1198 (1998) [On the situation concerning Western Sahara]

18 September 1998 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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