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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 Secretary-General [on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia], pursuant to Security Council resolutions 1808 (2008), 1839 (2008) and 1866 (2009)	18 May 2009
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Security Council resolution 1866 (2009) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)]	13 February 2009
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia, pursuant to Security Council resolution 1839 (2008)	3 February 2009
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Security Council resolution 1838 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)]	9 October 2008
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia	3 October 2008
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia	23 July 2008
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Security Council resolution 1808 (2008) [on settlement of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict and extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)]	15 April 2008
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia	2 April 2008
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia	23 January 2008
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Security Council resolution 1781 (2007) [on settlement of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict and extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)]	15 October 2007
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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