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 Mission in Colombia 23 December 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Mission Reports
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
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force for the period from 30 August to 17 November 2016 7 December 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Support Mission in Libya 1 December 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Conclusions on children and armed conflict in the Central African Republic 29 November 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
Special report of the Secretary-General on the review of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan 10 November 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Twenty-fourth semi-annual report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1559 (2004) 21 October 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region 4 October 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Regional Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Colombia (September 2011-June 2016) 4 October 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports

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