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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 [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 6749th meeting, 12 Apr. 2012, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan"]

12 April 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 6730th meeting, 6 Mar. 2012, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan"]

6 March 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Eighteenth report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006)

28 February 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abyei

26 July 2011 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 1992 (2011) [Côte d'Ivoire]

29 June 2011 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force for the period from 1 January to 30 June 2011

6 June 2011 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Ninth semi-annual report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1559 (2004)

24 April 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 1862 (2009) [on resolving the border dispute between Djibouti and Eritrea and the withdrawal of Eritrean forces from the area of conflict]

14 January 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Letter dated 11 September 2008 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council : report of the United Nations fact-finding mission on the Djibouti-Eritrea crisis

12 September 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Mission Reports

Letter dated 2008/07/28 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council [United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea]

29 July 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

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