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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: 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/
- Abduction 4
- Armed forces / Military 12
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 29
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 1
- Capacity building of state institutions 1
- Ceasefire 2
- Child soldiers 12
- Children's rights 7
- Children-at-risk 6
- Civil and political rights 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 15
- Conflict prevention 1
- Conflict resolution 2
- Conflict situation 10
- Crimes against humanity 1
- Criminal justice 1
- Demobilization / Disarmament 19
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 1
- Elections 17
- Embargo 13
- Freedom of movement 9
- Gender-based persecution 1
- Genocide 2
- Good governance 2
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 20
- Human rights law 1
- Humanitarian assistance 16
- Immigrants 1
- Impunity 3
- Integration 2
- Internal armed conflict 32
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 3
- International armed conflict 3
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 2
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
- Migrants 1
- Military operations 3
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 2
- Opposition 1
- Peace agreements 7
- Peace process 6
- Peacekeeping 55
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 1
- Piracy 6
- Police 1
- Political parties 3
- Political situation 42
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 15
- Reconciliation 3
- Refugees 3
- Reintegration 3
- Resettlement 3
- Right to liberty and security 1
- Right to self-determination 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 2
- SGBV 10
- Sanctions 6
- Security forces 13
- Security situation 65
- Small arms 5
- Terrorism 9
- War crimes 2
- Women-at-risk 1
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