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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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Report of the Secretary-General on Ethiopia and Eritrea

23 January 2008 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on Ethiopia and Eritrea

18 July 2007 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 1369 (2001) [on the situation between Eritrea and Ethiopia]

14 September 2001 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Security Council resolution 1344 (2001) [on the Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict]

15 March 2001 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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