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
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
Conclusions on children and armed conflict in the Central African Republic 29 November 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Security Council resolution 2318 (2016) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) until 15 May 2017] 15 November 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
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
Third report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by ISIL (Da'esh) to international peace and security and the range of United Nations efforts in support of Member States in countering the threat 30 September 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Thematic Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on strengthening the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union on issues of peace and security in Africa, including the work of the United Nations Office to the African Union 13 September 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Regional Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on Somalia 6 September 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Security Council resolution 2296 (2016) [on extension of the mandate of the AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) until 30 June 2017] 29 June 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Report of the Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict 30 May 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Thematic Reports

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