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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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Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "The situation between Iraq and Kuwait"]

14 June 1996 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "The situation between Iraq and Kuwait"]

19 March 1996 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "The situation between Iraq and Kuwait"]

16 November 1994 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "The situation between Iraq and Kuwait"]

8 October 1994 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "The situation between Iraq and Kuwait"]

18 January 1994 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

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