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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: 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/
- Afghanistan 41
- Albania 2
- Algeria 9
- Andorra 7
- Angola 28
- Antigua and Barbuda 3
- Argentina 6
- Armenia 5
- Australia 5
- Austria 6
- Azerbaijan 5
- Bahamas 5
- Bahrain 3
- Bangladesh 3
- Barbados 4
- Belarus 9
- Belgium 5
- Belize 3
- Benin 4
- Bhutan 2
- Bolivia 4
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 28
- Botswana 2
- Brazil 6
- Brunei Darussalam 4
- Bulgaria 7
- Burkina Faso 4
- Burundi 51
- Cambodia 3
- Cameroon 6
- Canada 5
- Cape Verde 1
- Central African Republic 61
- Chad 21
- Chile 5
- China 6
- Colombia 7
- Comoros 2
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 85
- Congo, Republic of the 4
- Cook Islands 4
- Costa Rica 6
- Croatia 31
- Cuba 5
- Cyprus 53
- Czech Republic 6
- Côte d'Ivoire 53
- Denmark 6
- Djibouti 6
- Dominica 1
- Dominican Republic 3
- Ecuador 4
- Egypt 6
- El Salvador 8
- Equatorial Guinea 1
- Eritrea 26
- Estonia 6
- Ethiopia 44
- Fiji 2
- Finland 6
- France 5
- Gabon 3
- Gambia 2
- Georgia 53
- Germany 5
- Ghana 4
- Greece 6
- Grenada 2
- Guatemala 7
- Guinea 4
- Guinea-Bissau 55
- Guyana 3
- Haiti 32
- Honduras 2
- Hungary 6
- Iceland 4
- India 4
- Indonesia 5
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 7
- Iraq 102
- Ireland 5
- Israel 42
- Italy 6
- Jamaica 7
- Japan 7
- Jordan 5
- Kazakhstan 7
- Kenya 4
- Kiribati 1
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 2
- Korea, Republic of 6
- Kuwait 30
- Kyrgyzstan 5
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 3
- Latvia 6
- Lebanon 72
- Lesotho 2
- Liberia 54
- Libya 15
- Liechtenstein 5
- Lithuania 5
- Luxembourg 5
- Madagascar 2
- Malawi 2
- Malaysia 5
- Maldives 2
- Mali 20
- Malta 4
- Marshall Islands 3
- Mauritania 4
- Mauritius 7
- Mexico 5
- Micronesia, Federated States of 1
- Moldova, Republic of 5
- Monaco 6
- Mongolia 3
- Montenegro 7
- Morocco 5
- Mozambique 3
- Myanmar 9
- Namibia 5
- Nauru 3
- Nepal 23
- Netherlands 5
- New Zealand 5
- Nicaragua 4
- Niger 7
- Nigeria 8
- Norway 5
- Oman 4
- Pakistan 4
- Palau 3
- Palestine, State of 7
- Panama 6
- Papua New Guinea 5
- Paraguay 7
- Philippines 7
- Poland 5
- Portugal 6
- Qatar 4
- Romania 5
- Russian Federation 6
- Rwanda 17
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 1
- Saint Lucia 1
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2
- Samoa 3
- San Marino 4
- Sao Tome and Principe 2
- Saudi Arabia 5
- Senegal 5
- Serbia 81
- Seychelles 5
- Sierra Leone 59
- Singapore 5
- Slovakia 5
- Slovenia 7
- Solomon Islands 1
- Somalia 76
- South Africa 4
- South Sudan 24
- Spain 6
- Sri Lanka 8
- Sudan 134
- Suriname 3
- Swaziland 1
- Sweden 5
- Switzerland 5
- Syrian Arab Republic 60
- Tajikistan 17
- Tanzania, United Republic of 4
- Thailand 4
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 8
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 44
- Togo 1
- Tonga 3
- Trinidad and Tobago 3
- Tunisia 5
- Turkey 7
- Turkmenistan 6
- Tuvalu 2
- Uganda 9
- Ukraine 7
- United Arab Emirates 4
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5
- United States of America 3
- Uruguay 4
- Uzbekistan 6
- Vanuatu 2
- Venezuela 5
- Viet Nam 6
- Western Sahara Territory 45
- Yemen 11
- Zambia 1
- Zimbabwe 1
- Abduction 23
- Access to water 1
- Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 1
- Albanians 1
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 1
- Anti-terrorism law 1
- Arabs 1
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 10
- Armed attacks on camps 2
- Armed forces / Military 72
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 67
- Border conflict 26
- Border controls 3
- Border crossers 2
- Bosnian 1
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 2
- Capacity building of state institutions 6
- Ceasefire 28
- Child soldiers 48
- Children's rights 48
- Children-at-risk 28
- Civil and political rights 2
- Civil war 8
- Combatants / Former combatants 24
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 10
- Conflict prevention 11
- Conflict resolution 81
- Conflict situation 47
- Constitutional law 2
- Corruption 1
- Coup d'état 2
- Crime prevention 2
- Crimean Tatars 1
- Crimes against humanity 5
- Criminal justice 2
- Darfuri 2
- Demobilization / Disarmament 46
- Democracy 1
- Disappeared persons 10
- Drug trafficking 10
- Druze 1
- Economic, social and cultural rights 1
- Elections 78
- Embargo 14
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
- Extrajudicial executions 3
- Foreign occupation 3
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 4
- Freedom of assembly and association 2
- Freedom of expression 3
- Freedom of information 2
- Freedom of movement 17
- Gender discrimination 1
- Gender mainstreaming 2
- Gender-based persecution 2
- Genocide 2
- Good governance 37
- Good offices 6
- HIV and AIDS 8
- Haitians 1
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 1
- Human Rights Council 1
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 69
- Human rights law 1
- Human rights monitors 6
- Humanitarian assistance 115
- IDP camps 2
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 4
- Immigrants 1
- Immigration Detention 1
- Impunity 6
- Integration 2
- Internal armed conflict 144
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 21
- International armed conflict 10
- International courts and tribunals 5
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 10
- Iranians 1
- Kosovar 3
- Kurd 2
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 14
- Law of the sea 1
- Maternal and child health care 1
- Migrants 3
- Military operations 45
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 3
- National security / Public order 1
- Non-self-governing territories 1
- Non-state agents of persecution 6
- Opposition 5
- Palestinian 1
- Peace agreements 55
- Peace process 60
- Peacekeeping 333
- Piracy 12
- Police 15
- Political groups 5
- Political parties 19
- Political situation 394
- Prison or detention conditions 2
- Prisoners of war 2
- Property restitution 6
- Prosecution vs persecution 1
- Protection of camps 3
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 52
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 1
- Reconciliation 14
- Referendum 3
- Refugee camps 3
- Refugees 13
- Reintegration 4
- Return conditions 1
- Returnees 9
- Right to education 2
- Right to food 1
- Right to health 2
- Right to liberty and security 1
- Right to life 1
- Right to self-determination 11
- Roma 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 88
- SGBV 37
- Saharawis 1
- Sale of children 1
- Sanctions 16
- Secondary movement 1
- Security forces 47
- Security situation 365
- Serb 2
- Small arms 1
- Tatars 1
- Temporary protection 1
- Terrorism 812
- Trafficking in persons 1
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 6
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1
- Visas 1
- Voluntary repatriation 11
- War crimes 1
- Women's rights 8
- Yazīdī 1
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