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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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Statement by the President of the Security Council: The Situation in Sierra Leone

28 June 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Report by the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement to the Secretary-General, 20 February-7 May 2002 [Transmits the 22nd and final report on the activities of the High Representative for the Implementation of Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina]

17 May 2002 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 1338 (2001) [East Timor]

31 January 2001 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1305 (2000) [Bosnia and Herzegovina]

21 June 2000 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "Letter dated 11 March 1998 from the Deputy Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1998/223); Letter dated 27 March 1998 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/1998/272)"]

19 January 1999 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "The situation in Croatia"]

19 March 1997 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "The situation in Croatia"]

20 December 1996 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina"]

10 October 1996 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "The situation in Croatia"]

20 September 1996 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina"]

8 August 1996 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

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