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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: The Situation Concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo

3 April 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Twenty-third Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

Security Council resolution 1711 (2006) [Democratic Republic of the Congo]

29 September 2006 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1522 (2004) [on Integration and Restructuring of the armed forces of the Democratic Republic Of The Congo]

15 January 2004 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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