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

3 October 2016 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Special report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire

31 March 2016 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

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

7 May 2015 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo submitted pursuant to paragraph 39 of Security Council resolution 2147 (2014)

30 December 2014 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the request of Nepal for United Nations assistance in support of its peace process

7 January 2010 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

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