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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 1809 (2008) [on cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations, in particular the African Union, in the maintenance of international peace and security]

16 April 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1798 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)]

30 January 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1796 (2008) [on renewal of the mandate of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN)]

23 January 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1784 (2007) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)]

31 October 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1782 (2007) [on extension of measures imposed by Security Council resolutions 1572 (2004) and 1643 (2005) on sanctions against Côte d'Ivoire and on extension of the mandate of the UN Group of Experts]

29 October 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1778 (2007) [on the establishment of the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)]

25 September 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1769 (2007) [on establishment of AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID)]

31 July 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Resolution 1767 (2007) The Situation between Ethiopia and Eritrea

30 July 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1765 (2007) [on renewal of the mandates of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and of the French forces which support it]

16 July 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Resolution 1763 (2007) The Situation in Côte d'Ivoire

29 June 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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