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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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Statement by the President of the Security Council: The Situation in Afghanistan

17 July 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Security Council resolution 1030 (1995) [On extension of the mandate of the UN Mission of Observers in Tajikistan]

14 December 1995 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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