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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 1993 (2011) [International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)]

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

Security Council resolution 1877 (2009) [on extension of the terms of office of permanent and ad litem judges to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and on amending article 14 of the Statute of the International Tribunal]

7 July 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1837 (2008) [on extension of the terms of office of permanent and ad litem Judges to the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]

29 September 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1775 (2007) [International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991]

14 September 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1613 (2005) [International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991]

26 July 2005 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1597 (2005) [on the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia]

20 April 2005 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1581 (2005) [on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)]

18 January 2005 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1567 (2004) [on the Nominations for Permanent Judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia]

14 October 2004 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Resolution 1534 (2004) [on necessity of trial of persons indicted by the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda]

26 March 2004 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1534 (2004) [International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)]

26 March 2004 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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