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/
- Afghanistan 67
- Albania 2
- Andorra 1
- Angola 76
- Argentina 3
- Armenia 4
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- Belgium 2
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- Burundi 26
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- Central African Republic 28
- Chad 10
- China 2
- Colombia 3
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 87
- Congo, Republic of the 3
- Costa Rica 3
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- Cuba 4
- Cyprus 143
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- Dominican Republic 3
- Egypt 22
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- Ethiopia 35
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- Georgia 45
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- India 18
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- Niger 1
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- North Macedonia 33
- Northern Mariana Islands 1
- Pakistan 21
- Palau 2
- Palestine, State of 60
- Panama 1
- Portugal 23
- Romania 1
- Russian Federation 5
- Rwanda 70
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- Serbia 84
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- Somalia 88
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- Tajikistan 13
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- Türkiye 21
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- Ukraine 2
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 18
- United States of America 8
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- Western Sahara Territory 69
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- Zambia 10
- Zimbabwe 32
- Abduction 26
- Abkhazians 34
- Access to procedures 1
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- Armed attacks on camps 3
- Armed forces / Military 83
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- Baha'i 1
- Bantu 7
- Border conflict 93
- Border controls 18
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 6
- Cabinda 1
- Capacity building of state institutions 10
- Ceasefire 144
- Child soldiers 26
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- Children-at-risk 18
- Civil and political rights 2
- Civil war 8
- Civilian character of asylum 2
- Combatants / Former combatants 17
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 2
- Conflict prevention 24
- Conflict resolution 67
- Conflict situation 32
- Corruption 7
- Coup d'état 4
- Crime prevention 6
- Crimes against humanity 10
- Criminal justice 7
- Darfuri 6
- Death in custody 1
- Death penalty 10
- Demobilization / Disarmament 100
- Democracy 9
- Deportation / Forcible return 10
- Disappeared persons 6
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 22
- Drug trafficking 18
- East Caprivians 1
- Economic, social and cultural rights 1
- Effective protection 1
- Effective remedy 6
- Elections 98
- Embargo 133
- Ethnic cleansing 15
- Evacuation 4
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
- Exclusion clauses 1
- Exiles 1
- Expulsion 9
- Extradition 2
- Extrajudicial executions 25
- Forced labour 3
- Forced relocation 5
- Foreign occupation 108
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 3
- Freedom of assembly and association 2
- Freedom of expression 7
- Freedom of information 4
- Freedom of movement 25
- Freedom of religion 1
- Freedom of speech 1
- Gang related violence 3
- Gender discrimination 7
- Gender mainstreaming 6
- Gender-based persecution 3
- Generalized violence 25
- Genocide 14
- Good governance 26
- Good offices 17
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 8
- HIV and AIDS 8
- Hijacking 2
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 15
- Human rights activists 4
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 42
- Human rights law 1
- Human rights monitors 41
- Humanitarian assistance 160
- IDP camps 1
- Illegal entry 1
- Immunity 5
- Impunity 9
- Independence of judiciary 1
- Integration 1
- Internal armed conflict 266
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 74
- International armed conflict 29
- International courts and tribunals 116
- International criminal law 12
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 63
- Jurisdiction 1
- Kashmiris 16
- Kosovar 8
- Kurd 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 54
- Law of the sea 3
- Mandate status 1
- Maronite 1
- Mass exodus 2
- Memoranda of understanding (MOU) 1
- Mercenaries 13
- Migrants 3
- Military operations 130
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 2
- Minorities 1
- Minority rights 2
- Muslim 3
- National security / Public order 2
- Nomads 1
- Non-self-governing territories 8
- Non-state agents of persecution 3
- Opposition 5
- Orderly return 9
- Palestinian 5
- Passports 1
- Peace agreements 100
- Peace process 289
- Peacekeeping 814
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 2
- Persecution based on political opinion 8
- Persons not in need of international protection 1
- Piracy 22
- Police 64
- Political groups 1
- Political parties 10
- Political situation 151
- Population transfers 2
- Prison or detention conditions 7
- Prisoners of war 9
- Property restitution 8
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 64
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 6
- Public health 3
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 12
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 3
- Reception 1
- Reconciliation 51
- Referendum 47
- Refugee / Asylum law 1
- Refugee camps 11
- Refugees 63
- Registration 6
- Reintegration 14
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 1
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 2
- Resettlement 3
- Residence permits / Residency 1
- Return conditions 13
- Returnees 6
- Right to development 1
- Right to education 3
- Right to food 3
- Right to health 1
- Right to justice 1
- Right to return 31
- Right to self-determination 55
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 42
- Saharawis 3
- Sanctions 167
- Security forces 27
- Security situation 269
- Serb 27
- Serious non-political crime 1
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 44
- Shia 1
- Small arms 26
- Smuggling of persons 3
- Spontaneous return 3
- State of emergency 3
- State protection 2
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 4
- Terrorism 98
- Threats / Intimidation 4
- Torture 3
- Trafficking in persons 7
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 4
- Travel documents 2
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 8
- Visas 1
- Voluntary repatriation 21
- War crimes 15
- Well-founded fear of persecution 1
- Witnesses 4
- Women's rights 14
- Women-at-risk 7
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