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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 Central African Republic

2 June 2017 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Security Council mission to the Central African Republic, Ethiopia and Burundi, including the African Union

30 June 2015 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau and the activities of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau

19 January 2015 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Security Council Mission to Afghanistan, 21 to 24 June 2010

1 November 2010 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Fifth report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone

17 September 2010 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Letter dated 8 January 2010 from the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan addressed to the President of the Security Council

8 January 2010 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Accordance with Paragraph 22 of Security Council Resolution 1596 (2005)

26 July 2005 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

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