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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: Argentina (2014), Azerbaijan (2013), Australia (2014), Guatemala (2013), Luxembourg (2014), Morocco (2013), Pakistan (2013), Republic of Korea (2014), Rwanda (2014), Togo (2013)), 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 the situation in Abyei

23 March 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 2041 (2012) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) until 23 Mar. 2013]

22 March 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone

14 March 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 2040 (2012) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for a further period of 12 months]

12 March 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Assessment report of the Secretary-General on the status of the negotiations in Cyprus

12 March 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on South Sudan

7 March 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Colombia

6 March 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

The situation in Afghanistan and its implication for international peace and security : report of the Secretary-General

5 March 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Support Mission in Libya

1 March 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Country Reports

Security Council resolution 2038 (2012) [on appointment of Hassan Bubacar Jallow as Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals with effect from 1 Mar. 2012 for a term of 4 years]

29 February 2012 | Publisher: UN Security Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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