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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 2177 (2014) [on the outbreak of the Ebola virus in, and its impact on, West Africa]

18 September 2014 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 2097 (2013) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) until 31 Mar. 2014]

26 March 2013 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 2065 (2012) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) until 31 Mar. 2013]

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

Security Council resolution 2005 (2011) [on the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) until 15 September 2012]

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

Security Council resolution 1971 (2011) [on the withdrawal of military personnel providing security for the Special Court for Sierra Leone by the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)]

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

Security Council resolution 1940 (2010) [on termination of the oil and arms embargo against Sierra Leone and dissolution of the Committee Established pursuant to Resolution 1132 (1997)]

29 September 2010 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1941 (2010) [Sierra Leone]

29 September 2010 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1886 (2009) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL)]

15 September 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1829 (2008) [on the establishment of the United Nations Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL)]

4 August 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1793 (2007) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL)]

21 December 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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