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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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Letter dated 6 April 2015 from the Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council

7 April 2015 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Letter dated 31 March 2015 from the Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council

2 April 2015 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Letter dated 23 March 2015 from the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council

24 March 2015 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Yemen

28 June 2013 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Security Council mission to Yemen, 27 January 2013

19 March 2013 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

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