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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: Angola (2016), Egypt (2017), Japan (2017), Malaysia (2016), New Zealand (2016), Senegal (2017), Spain (2016), Ukraine (2017), Uruguay (2017), 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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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

Twenty-seventh report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 14 of resolution 1284 (1999)

4 December 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 947 (1994) [Croatia]

30 September 1994 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 920 (1994) [UN Observer Mission in El Salvador]

26 May 1994 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 888 (1993) [El Salvador]

30 November 1993 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 820 (1993) [Bosnia and Herzegovina]

17 April 1993 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 779 (1992) [Croatia]

6 October 1992 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 773 (1992) [Iraq-Kuwait]

26 August 1992 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 692 (1991) [Iraq-Kuwait]

20 May 1991 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 465 (1980) [Territories occupied by Israel]

1 March 1980 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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