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

29 April 2010 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Somalia

9 March 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti

6 March 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the Sudan

20 October 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Eighteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire

13 October 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Somalia

14 March 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on Ethiopia and Eritrea

18 July 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on Ethiopia and Eritrea

22 January 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

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