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 women and peace and security 29 September 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Thematic Reports
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 7717th meeting, 15 June 2016, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "Women and peace and security"] 15 June 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Security Council resolution 2242 (2015) [on women and peace and security] 13 October 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Report of the Secretary-General on women and peace and security 16 September 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Thematic Reports
Security Council resolution 2210 (2015) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) until 17 Mar. 2016] 16 March 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Mali 23 December 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Violence against women, its causes and consequences 1 October 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Thematic Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on Somalia 25 September 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Conflict-related sexual violence : report of the Secretary-General 13 March 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Thematic Reports
Security Council resolution 2106 (2013) [on sexual violence in armed conflict] 24 June 2013 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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