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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 12 October 2006 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	12 October 2006
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Letter Dated 6 December 2004 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	10 December 2004
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Letter Dated 6 November 2003 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	13 November 2003
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Letter Dated 9 September 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	13 September 2002
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Letter Dated 28 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
	Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "The situation relating to Nagorny Karabakh"]	26 April 1995
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
	Resolution 884 (1993) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3313th meeting, on 12 November 1993	12 November 1993
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Resolution 874 (1993) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3292nd meeting, on 14 October 1993	14 October 1993
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Resolution 853 (1993) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3259th meeting, on 29 July 1993	29 July 1993
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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