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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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	Report of the Security Council mission to the African Union; Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Liberia	11 June 2009
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Mission Reports
	Security Council resolution 1827 (2008) [on termination of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)]	30 July 2008
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Letter dated 2008/07/28 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council [United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea]	29 July 2008
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Statement by the President of the Security Council [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 5883rd meeting, 30 Apr. 2008, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation between Eritrea and Ethiopia"]	30 April 2008
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
	Special report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea	7 April 2008
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Special report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea	3 March 2008
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Statement by the President of the Security Council [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 5838th meeting, 15 Feb. 2008, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation between Eritrea and Ethiopia"]	15 February 2008
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
	Security Council resolution 1798 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)]	30 January 2008
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Report of the Secretary-General on Ethiopia and Eritrea	23 January 2008
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Statement by the President of the Security Council [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 5778th meeting, 13 Nov. 2007, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation between Eritrea and Ethiopia"]	13 November 2007
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements

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