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/

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Letter dated 6 April 2015 from the Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council 7 April 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Mali 27 March 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Letter dated 24 March 2015 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Luxembourg to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council 26 March 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Identical letters dated 22 February 2015 from the Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council 9 March 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the African Union United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur 26 February 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Implementation of Security Council resolutions 2139 (2014), 2165 (2014) and 2191 (2014) 19 February 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on South Sudan (covering the period from 18 November 2014-10 February 2015) 17 February 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo submitted pursuant to paragraph 39 of Security Council resolution 2147 (2014) 30 December 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Mali 23 December 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 7349th meeting, 18 December 2014, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Central African Republic"] 18 December 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements

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