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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 activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa	30 December 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Regional Reports
	Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa	20 June 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Regional Reports
	Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa	3 December 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Regional Reports
	Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Office for West Africa	21 June 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Regional Reports
	Report of the International Commission of Inquiry mandated to establish the facts and circumstances of the events of 28 September 2009 in Guinea	18 December 2009
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers
	Statement by the President of the Security Council [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 6207th meeting, 28 October 2009, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "Peace consolidation in West Africa"]	28 October 2009
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
	Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Office for West Africa	19 June 2009
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Regional Reports
	Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Office for West Africa	15 January 2009
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Office for West Africa	30 June 2008
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Letter Dated 3 March 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	6 May 2003
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports

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