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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8234th meeting - Women and peace and security 16 April 2018 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Sessional Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual violence 15 April 2017 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Thematic Reports
Letter dated 3 December 2014 from the Permanent Representative of the Sudan to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council 3 December 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Conflict-related sexual violence : report of the Secretary-General 13 March 2014 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Thematic Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa and on the Lord's Resistance Army-affected areas 14 November 2013 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Regional Reports
Security Council resolution 2122 (2013) [on women and peace and security] 18 October 2013 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 2111 (2013) [on extension of the mandate of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea until 25 Nov. 2014] 24 July 2013 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Security Council resolution 2106 (2013) [on sexual violence in armed conflict] 24 June 2013 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 6722nd meeting, 23 Feb. 2012, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "Women and peace and security"] 23 February 2012 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements

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