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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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Security Council resolution 1246 (1999) [Timor]

11 June 1999 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1236 (1999) [Timor]

7 May 1999 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 384 (1975) [East Timor]

22 December 1975 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 333 (1973) [Southern Rhodesia]

22 May 1973 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 322 (1972) [Territories under Portuguese administration]

22 November 1972 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 321 (1972) [Complaint by Senegal]

23 October 1972 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 320 (1972) [Southern Rhodesia]

29 September 1972 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 312 (1972) [Territories under Portuguese administration]

4 February 1972 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 302 (1971) [Complaint by Senegal]

24 November 1971 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 294 (1971) [Complaint by Senegal]

15 July 1971 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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