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: Bolivia (2018), Egypt (2017), Ethiopia (2018), Italy (2018), Japan (2017), Kazakhstan (2018), Senegal (2017), Sweden (2018), Ukraine (2017), Uruguay (2017)) 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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- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 2
- Capacity building of state institutions 1
- Ceasefire 11
- Child soldiers 18
- Children's rights 7
- Children-at-risk 8
- Civil and political rights 2
- Combatants / Former combatants 15
- Conflict prevention 2
- Conflict resolution 2
- Conflict situation 10
- Crimes against humanity 2
- Criminal justice 1
- Demobilization / Disarmament 21
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- Disappeared persons 1
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- Effective protection 1
- Elections 20
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- Freedom of movement 9
- Gender-based persecution 1
- Generalized violence 1
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- HIV and AIDS 2
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 18
- Human rights law 1
- Humanitarian assistance 25
- Immigrants 1
- Impunity 3
- Integration 2
- Internal armed conflict 55
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 10
- International armed conflict 3
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 7
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
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- Peacekeeping 75
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- Political situation 47
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 16
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- Reconciliation 3
- Refugees 8
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- Return conditions 1
- Right to liberty and security 1
- Right to self-determination 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 3
- SGBV 11
- Sanctions 8
- Security forces 14
- Security situation 69
- Small arms 7
- Terrorism 10
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