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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 4 May 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	8 May 2006
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Letter Dated 1 June 2005 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	3 June 2005
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Letter Dated 23 June 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	25 June 2003
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Letter Dated 4 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	6 September 2002
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "The situation in the Republic of the Congo"]	16 October 1997
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
	Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "The situation in the Republic of the Congo"]	13 August 1997
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
	Resolution 199 (1964) of 30 December 1964	30 December 1964
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Resolution 169 (1961) of 24 November 1961\|	24 November 1961
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Resolution 161 (1961) of 21 February 1961	21 February 1961
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Resolution 143 (1960)of 14 July 1960	14 July 1960
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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