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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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	Security Council resolution 2012 (2011) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) until 15 October 2012]	14 October 2011
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti	24 March 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Security Council resolution 1944 (2010) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)]	14 October 2010
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti	1 September 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Security Council resolution 1927 (2010) [on the composition of the military and police components of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)]	4 June 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti	22 April 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Security Council resolution 1908 (2009) [on increasing the overall force levels of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti to support the immediate recovery, reconstruction and stability efforts]	19 January 2010
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Security Council resolution 1892 (2009) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)]	13 October 2009
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti	1 September 2009
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 6101st meeting, 6 Apr. 2009, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The question concerning Haiti"]	6 April 2009
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements

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