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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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United Nations Support Mission in Libya

24 August 2018 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Burundi

25 January 2018 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Burundi

25 January 2018 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Burundi

25 January 2018 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Burundi

25 January 2018 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the African Union United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur

27 October 2017 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on Burundi

23 February 2017 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Somalia

22 December 2016 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Support Mission in Libya

1 December 2016 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Special report of the Secretary-General on the review of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan

10 November 2016 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

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