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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: 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 [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 6123rd meeting, 11 May 2009, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question"]

11 May 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Security Council resolution 1860 (2009) [on a durable and fully repected ceasefire and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip]

8 January 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1515 (2003) [on endorsement of the Quartet performance-based road map to a permanent two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]

19 November 2003 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1403 (2002) [on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question]

4 April 2002 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 114 (1956) [The Palestine Question]

4 June 1956 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 108 (1955) [The Palestine Question]

8 September 1955 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 107 (1955) [The Palestine Question]

30 March 1955 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 106 (1955) [The Palestine Question]

29 March 1955 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 100 (1953) [The Palestine Question]

27 October 1953 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 95 (1951) [The Palestine Question]

1 September 1951 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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