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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: Austria (2010), Japan (2010), Turkey (2010), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2011), Lebanon (2011), Uganda (2010), Brazil (2011), Mexico (2010), Gabon (2011), Nigeria (2011)), five of which are elected each year by the General Assembly for a two-year term. Website: www.un.org/sc

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	Letter Dated 29 August 2002 from the Chairman of the Security Council Committee Established Pursuant to Resolution 1373 (2001) Concerning Counter-terrorism Addressed to the President of the Security Council	29 August 2002
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Letter Dated 27 December 2001 from the Chairman of the Security Council Committee Established Pursuant to Resolution 1373 (2001) Concerning Counter-terrorism Addressed to the President of the Security Council	31 December 2001
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Resolution 1142 (1997) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3839th meeting, on 4 December 1997	4 December 1997
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "The situation in Albania"]	14 August 1997
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
	Resolution 1114 (1997) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3791st meeting, on 19 June 1997	19 June 1997
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Resolution 1101 (1997) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3758th meeting, on 28 March 1997	28 March 1997
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "The situation in Albania"]	13 March 1997
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements

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