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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- Ceasefire 2
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- Children's rights 1
- Children-at-risk 2
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 7
- Conflict prevention 1
- Conflict resolution 3
- Conflict situation 2
- Crimes against humanity 1
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- Effective remedy 2
- Extrajudicial executions 1
- Freedom of expression 1
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- Freedom of movement 3
- Freedom of speech 1
- HIV and AIDS 1
- Human rights activists 1
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 17
- Human rights monitors 6
- Humanitarian assistance 30
- Internal armed conflict 30
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 4
- International armed conflict 1
- International criminal law 2
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 4
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- Political situation 30
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 18
- Reconciliation 1
- Refugee camps 1
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- Right to self-determination 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 4
- Sanctions 4
- Security forces 1
- Security situation 35
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 7
- State protection 2
- War crimes 1
- Witnesses 2
- Women's rights 1
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