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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 1284 (1999) [on establishment of the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC)]

17 December 1999 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1145 (1997) [Croatia]

19 December 1997 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 899 (1994) [Iraq and Kuwait]

4 March 1994 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 888 (1993) [El Salvador]

30 November 1993 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 832 (1993) [El Salvador]

27 May 1993 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 706 (1991) [Iraq-Kuwait]

15 August 1991 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 686 (1991) [Iraq-Kuwait]

2 March 1991 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 268 (1969) [Complaint by Zambia]

28 July 1969 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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