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 [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 8016th meeting, 2 Aug. 2017, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in Burundi"] 2 August 2017 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Central Africa and the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa 28 November 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Regional Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel 23 June 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Regional Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on women and peace and security 16 September 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Thematic Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Central Africa and the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa 14 May 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Regional Reports
Letter dated 2 March 2015 from the Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General : Increasing the political and legal culture of the population of Uzbekistan 5 March 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 20 March 2013 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant : International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights : 2nd periodic reports of States parties : Malta 7 December 2012 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Letter dated 26 March 2007 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council : addendum : Comprehensive Proposal for the Kosovo Status Settlement 26 March 2007 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Security Council resolution 940 (1994) [UN Mission in Haiti] 31 July 1994 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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