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/
Selected filters: Torture
Filter:
Showing 1-4 of 4 results
|
Letter Dated 1 June 2017 from the Panel of Experts on Libya Established Pursuant to Resolution 1973 (2011) Addressed to the President of the Security Council
1 June 2017 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports |
|
Security Council resolution 2191 (2014) [Middle East]
17 December 2014 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations |
|
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 |
|
Security Council resolution 417 (1977) [South Africa]
31 October 1977 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations |
