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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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Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : report of the Secretary-General

12 September 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Twenty-fourth Report of the Secretary-General Pursuant to Paragraph 14 of Resolution 1284 (1999)

31 May 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Letter dated 2006/04/18 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council: Third semi-annual report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council on the implementation of resolution 1559 (2004)

16 April 2006 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

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