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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 1
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
- Central African Republic 2
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1
- Croatia 1
- Iraq 1
- Israel 3
- Kuwait 1
- Lebanon 1
- Montenegro 1
- Mozambique 1
- Nepal 1
- Nigeria 1
- Rwanda 1
- Serbia 1
- Slovenia 1
- Somalia 1
- Sudan 1
- Syrian Arab Republic 3
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1
- Uganda 1
- Abduction 1
- Armed forces / Military 1
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 1
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 1
- Capacity building of state institutions 1
- Ceasefire 1
- Child soldiers 1
- Children's rights 3
- Children-at-risk 7
- Civil and political rights 1
- Conflict prevention 5
- Conflict resolution 3
- Conflict situation 2
- Crimes against humanity 1
- Demobilization / Disarmament 3
- Drug trafficking 1
- Effective remedy 1
- Elections 1
- Embargo 2
- Ethnic cleansing 1
- Exclusion clauses 1
- Gender discrimination 2
- Gender mainstreaming 1
- Gender-based persecution 1
- Genocide 1
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 1
- Humanitarian assistance 1
- Internal armed conflict 9
- International armed conflict 5
- International courts and tribunals 2
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 5
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
- Migrant rights 1
- Migrants 1
- Non-state agents of persecution 2
- Peace agreements 2
- Peace process 3
- Peacekeeping 16
- Piracy 1
- Political situation 1
- Property restitution 1
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 13
- Reconciliation 2
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 3
- SGBV 10
- Sanctions 1
- Security situation 4
- Small arms 2
- Terrorism 11
- Trafficking in persons 1
- Voluntary repatriation 1
- War crimes 1
- Women's rights 8
- Women-at-risk 5
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