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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United Nations Support Mission in Libya 24 August 2018 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Security Council resolution 2241 (2015) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until 15 Dec. 2015] 9 October 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 2239 (2015) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 Sept. 2016] 17 September 2015 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Cooperation between Tunisia and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council 13 April 2011 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 623 (1988) [South Africa] 23 November 1988 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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