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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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	Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Colombia	28 August 2009
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	Letter Dated 21 June 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	22 June 2006
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Letter Dated 13 May 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	19 May 2004
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Letter Dated 16 July 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	30 July 2003
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Security Council resolution 1465 (2003) on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts	13 February 2003
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Letter Dated 26 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	27 September 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	27 December 2001
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports

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