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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 18 April 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	19 April 2005
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Letter Dated 10 March 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	17 March 2004
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Letter Dated 19 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	24 March 2003
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Letter Dated 18 July 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	19 July 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
	Letter Dated 30 November 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	30 November 2001
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Report of the Secretary-General on the Group of Military Observers Attached to Minugua	4 June 1997
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "Central America: efforts towards peace"]	22 May 1997
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
	Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "Central America: efforts towards peace"]	5 March 1997
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
	On Central America Resolution 1094 (1997) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3732nd meeting, on 20 January 1997	20 January 1997
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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