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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 developments in Guinea-Bissau and on the activities of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in that country

2 December 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Statement by the President of the Security Council [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 6014th meeting, 7 Nov. 2008, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in Côte d'Ivoire"]

7 November 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Statement by the President of the Security Council [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 5995th meeting, 15 Oct. 2008, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in Guinea-Bissau"]

15 October 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

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

13 October 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on developments in Guinea-Bissau and on the activities of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in that country

29 September 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 1826 (2008) [on renewal of the mandates of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and of the French forces which support it]

29 July 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Report of the Secretary-General on the Sudan

23 July 2008 | 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

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

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

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

Special report of the Secretary-General pursuant to Security Council resolution 1806 (2008) on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

3 July 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

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