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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 23 February 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	29 March 2004
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Letter Dated 15 April 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	28 April 2003
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Letter Dated 26 February 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	27 February 2002
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
	Statement by the President of the Security Council [on "The situation in Cambodia"]	11 July 1997
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Presidential Statements
	Resolution 880 (1993) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3303rd meeting, on 4 November 1993	4 November 1993
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Resolution 860 (1993) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3270th meeting, on 27 August 1993	27 August 1993
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Resolution 840 (1993) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3237th meeting, on 15 June 1993	15 June 1993
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Resolution 835 (1993) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3227th meeting, on 2 June 1993	2 June 1993
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Resolution 826 (1993) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3213th meeting, on 20 May 1993	20 May 1993
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Resolution 810 (1993) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3181st meeting, on 8 March 1993	8 March 1993
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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