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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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Security Council resolution 2337 (2017) [on the outcome of the presidential elections held in Gambia on 1 Dec. 2016]

19 January 2017 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 2067 (2012) [on the situation in Somalia]

18 September 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1970 (2011) [on establishment of a Security Council Committee to monitor implementation of the arms embargo against the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]

26 February 2011 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1969 (2011) [Timor-Leste]

24 February 2011 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1826 (2008) [on renewal of the mandates of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and of the French forces which support it]

29 July 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1274 (1999) [Tajikistan]

12 November 1999 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1118 (1997) [Angola]

30 June 1997 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 810 (1993) [Cambodia]

8 March 1993 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 792 (1992) [Cambodia]

30 November 1992 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 783 (1992) [Cambodia]

13 October 1992 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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