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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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Security Council resolution 652 (1990) [Admission of a new Member: Namibia]

17 April 1990 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 643 (1989) [Namibia]

31 October 1989 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 640 (1989) [Namibia]

29 August 1989 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 632 (1989) [Namibia]

16 February 1989 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 629 (1989) [Namibia]

16 January 1989 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 601 (1987) [Namibia]

30 October 1987 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 566 (1985) [Namibia]

19 June 1985 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 539 (1983) [Namibia]

28 October 1983 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 532 (1983) [Namibia]

31 May 1983 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 439 (1978) [Namibia]

13 November 1978 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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