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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- Arbitrary arrest and detention 2
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- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 2
- Capacity building of state institutions 4
- Ceasefire 2
- Child soldiers 6
- Children's rights 6
- Children-at-risk 6
- Combatants / Former combatants 5
- Conflict resolution 1
- Conflict situation 7
- Corruption 1
- Crime prevention 4
- Crimes against humanity 2
- Demobilization / Disarmament 1
- Disappeared persons 1
- Elections 6
- Embargo 33
- Extrajudicial executions 2
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 1
- Gender mainstreaming 1
- Gender-based persecution 1
- Generalized violence 3
- Good governance 6
- HIV and AIDS 2
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 8
- Human rights monitors 1
- Humanitarian assistance 25
- Internal armed conflict 56
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 4
- International armed conflict 3
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 3
- Law of the sea 3
- Maternal and child health care 1
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- National security / Public order 1
- Peace process 15
- Peacekeeping 62
- Piracy 39
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- Political situation 47
- Prosecution vs persecution 1
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 4
- Reconciliation 9
- Refugees 2
- Right to education 2
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- Right to health 1
- Right to life 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 11
- Sanctions 9
- Security forces 8
- Security situation 81
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 8
- Small arms 3
- Terrorism 9
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 3
- Women's rights 2
- Women-at-risk 1
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