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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: 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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	Resolution 2027 (2011) / adopted by the Security Council at its 6691st meeting, on 20 December 2011	20 December 2011
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Office in Burundi	30 November 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Seventh report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi	30 November 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Security Council resolution 1902 (2009) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB)]	17 December 2009
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Sixth report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi	30 November 2009
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Burundi	10 September 2009
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Fifth report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi	22 June 2009
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Security Council resolution 1858 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB)]	22 December 2008
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Fourth report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi	28 November 2008
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Third report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi	15 May 2008
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports

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