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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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Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations and conflict prevention: a collective recommitment

25 September 2015 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Thematic Reports

Peacebuilding in the aftermath of conflict : report of the Secretary-General

8 October 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Thematic Reports

Letter dated 30 December 2008 from the Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council: Report on the activities of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa for the period 2008

31 December 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1625 (2005) on conflict prevention, particularly in Africa

14 January 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on women, peace and security

12 September 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Thematic Reports

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