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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 special report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

21 November 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

10 November 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Twenty-fourth report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

14 November 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 1332 (2000) [Democratic Republic of the Congo]

14 December 2000 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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