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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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Fourth special report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

21 November 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

10 November 2008 | 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

Eighteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire

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

Security Council resolution 1835 (2008) [on Iran's obligations to comply with Security Council's resolutions and meeting the requirements of the IAEA Board of Governors]

27 September 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Seventeenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire

10 July 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Statement by the President of the Security Council [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 5880th meeting, 29 Apr. 2008, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in Côte d'Ivoire"]

29 April 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Sixteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire

15 April 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 1803 (2008) [on further measures against Iran in connection with its development of sensitive technologies in support of its nuclear and missile programmes]

3 March 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Fifteenth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire

2 January 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

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