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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 2040 (2012) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for a further period of 12 months]

12 March 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

26 January 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 2031 (2011) [Central African Republic]

21 December 2011 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 2008 (2011) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 Sept. 2012]

16 September 2011 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 2000 (2011) [Côte d'Ivoire]

27 July 2011 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Third report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 6 of resolution 1936 (2010)

7 July 2011 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 1991 (2011) [Democratic Republic of the Congo]

28 June 2011 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Second report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 6 of resolution 1936 (2010)

31 March 2011 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Twenty-seventh progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire

30 March 2011 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 1974 (2011) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) until 23 Mar. 2012]

22 March 2011 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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