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 Security Council mission to the Central African Republic, Ethiopia and Burundi, including the African Union 30 June 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Central Africa and the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa 14 May 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Regional Reports
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 7433rd meeting, 24 April 2015, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Middle East"] 24 April 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Letter dated 27 January 2015 from the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council 27 January 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Security Council resolution 2139 (2014) 22 February 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 7039th meeting, 2 Oct. 2013, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Middle East"] 2 October 2013 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
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
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 6994th meeting, 10 July 2013, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Middle East"] 10 July 2013 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 6994th meeting, 10 July 2013, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Middle East"] 10 July 2013 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 28 June 2013 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports

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