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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Letter dated 30 January 2015 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council : Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the arrest of the Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Ahtem Chiygoz 30 January 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Security Council resolution 1417 (2002) [on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo] 14 June 2002 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 1234 (1999) [Situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo] 9 April 1999 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 1214 (1998) [Afghanistan] 8 December 1998 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 1193 (1998) [Afghanistan] 28 August 1998 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 1120 (1997) [Croatia] 14 July 1997 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 1096 (1997) [On the situation in Georgia] 30 January 1997 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 1049 (1996) [On the situation in Burundi] 5 March 1996 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 1036 (1996) [Georgia] 12 January 1996 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 1012 (1995) [International Commission of Inquiry in Burundi] 28 August 1995 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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