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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 2081 (2012) [on extension of the terms of office of judges of the International International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ("the International Tribunal")]

17 December 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1966 (2010) [on the establishment of the Inernational Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals with two branches]

22 December 2010 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1954 (2010) [on authorization of the judges to complete cases notwithstanding the expiry of their term of office at the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY)]

14 December 2010 | 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

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

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