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/

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Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations operation in Cyprus 9 January 2017 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Security Council resolution 2336 (2016) [on the situation in the Middle East (Syria)] 31 December 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Colombia 23 December 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Mission Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the African Union United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur 23 December 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 7848th meeting, 21 December 2016, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "Peace consolidation in West Africa"] 21 December 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014), 2191 (2014) and 2258 (2015) 14 December 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 7826th meeting, 5 December 2016, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo"] 5 December 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Support Mission in Libya 1 December 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Central Africa and the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa 28 November 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Regional Reports
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 7812th meeting, 16 November 2016, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Central African Republic"] 16 November 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements

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