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 4
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 2
- Child soldiers 4
- Children's rights 5
- Children-at-risk 5
- Civil and political rights 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 2
- Conflict prevention 2
- Conflict resolution 1
- Conflict situation 6
- Demobilization / Disarmament 2
- Drug trafficking 1
- Elections 1
- Gang related violence 1
- Gender-based persecution 1
- Good governance 1
- HIV and AIDS 1
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 4
- Humanitarian assistance 5
- IDP camps 1
- Integration 1
- Internal armed conflict 3
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 3
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
- Military operations 1
- Non-state agents of persecution 1
- Peace agreements 1
- Peace process 1
- Peacekeeping 23
- Piracy 2
- Police 1
- Political situation 20
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 9
- Refugee camps 1
- Refugees 4
- Resettlement 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 3
- SGBV 2
- Security forces 2
- Security situation 27
- Small arms 1
- Terrorism 5
- Women's rights 1
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