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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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Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 5595th meeting, 15 December 2006, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in Chad and the Sudan"]

15 December 2006 | 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 4401st meeting, 31 Oct. 2001, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in Somalia"]

31 October 2001 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 4382nd meeting, 26 Sept. 2001, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in the Central African Republic"]

26 September 2001 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Presidential Statements

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