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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Security Council resolution 2237 (2015) [on the situation in Liberia] 2 September 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Letter dated 4 June 2015 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Burundi to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council 4 June 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Identical letters dated 19 May 2015 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Mali to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council 22 May 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Security Council resolution 2219 (2015) [on modification and renewal of sanctions against Côte d'Ivoire until 30 Apr. 2016 and on extension of the mandate of the UN Group of Experts until 30 May 2016] 28 April 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 2197 (2015) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31 July 2015] 29 January 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 2196 (2015) [on the situation in the Central African Republic] 22 January 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 7359th meeting, 14 January 2015, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "Post-conflict peacebuilding"] 14 January 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations operation in Cyprus 9 January 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Letter dated 11 December 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Mali to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council 16 December 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Letter dated 5 December 2014 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council 5 December 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports

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