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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Security Council resolution 1954 (2010) [on authorization of the judges to complete cases notwithstanding the expiry of their term of office at the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY)] 14 December 2010 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Statement by the President of the Security Council [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 6053rd meeting, 19 Dec. 2008, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991; International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States, between 1 Jan. 1994 and 31 Dec. 1994"] 19 December 2008 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Security Council resolution 1849 (2008) [on the appointment of additional ad litem Judges to the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia] 12 December 2008 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 1824 (2008) [on extension of term of office of the permanent and ad litem judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda] 18 July 2008 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Statement by the President of the Security Council [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 5912th meeting, 16 June 2008, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan"] 16 June 2008 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Statute of the Special Court for Sierra Leone 16 January 2002 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: International Legal Instruments
Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (as last amended on 13 October 2006) 8 November 1994 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: International Legal Instruments

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