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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: 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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Statement by the President of the Security Council [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 6165th meeting, 22 July 2009, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "Post-conflict peacebuilding"]

22 July 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Report of the Secretary-General on the request of Nepal for United Nations assistance in support of its peace process

13 July 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Security Council mission to the African Union; Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Liberia

11 June 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Mission Reports

Statement by the President of the Security Council [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 6123rd meeting, 11 May 2009, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question"]

11 May 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Report of the Secretary-General on the request of Nepal for United Nations assistance in support of its peace process

24 April 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Statement by the President of the Security Council [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 6108th meeting, 21 Apr. 2009, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "Maintenance of international peace and security: mediation and settlement of disputes"]

21 April 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Report of the Secretary-General on the Sudan

30 January 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 1860 (2009) [on a durable and fully repected ceasefire and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip]

8 January 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Report of the Secretary-General on the request of Nepal for United Nations assistance in support of its peace process

2 January 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Statement by the President of the Security Council [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 6058th meeting, 22 Dec. 2008, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Great Lakes region"]

22 December 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

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