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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 2126 (2013) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) until 31 May 2014]

25 November 2013 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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

10 February 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the Sudan

20 October 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the Sudan

23 October 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the Sudan

20 August 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

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