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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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Fourth report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1757 (2007)

24 February 2009 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Second report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1757 (2007)

12 March 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1757 (2007) of 30 May 2007

4 September 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the Establishment of a Special Tribunal for Lebanon

15 November 2006 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Genocide in Rwanda

27 July 2004 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda

14 September 2001 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

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