United Nations Security Council

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international organization body principal organ of the United Nations

The United Nations Security Council is the UN body responsible for maintaining international peace and security, with the authority to adopt binding resolutions, impose sanctions, and authorize the use of force.

Aliases (8)

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international organization body → principal organ of the United Nations →
alsoKnownAs	Security Council →
building	Conference Building of the United Nations Headquarters →
chairingSystem	rotating presidency →
continent	North America →
country	United States of America →
formationDate	1945-10-24 →
hasAuthority	adopt binding resolutions on UN member states → authorize use of force → elect judges of the International Court of Justice jointly with the General Assembly → establish international tribunals → establish peacekeeping operations → impose sanctions → recommend admission of new UN members → recommend appointment of the UN Secretary-General →
hasPower	veto power for each permanent member →
hasSubsidiaryBody	Counter-Terrorism Committee → International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda → International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia → Military Staff Committee → United Nations Sanctions Committees → United Nations peacekeeping operations →
headquartersLocation	New York City → United Nations Headquarters →
legalBasis	Chapter V of the United Nations Charter → Chapter VI of the United Nations Charter → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter → Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter → Chapter XII of the United Nations Charter → Charter of the United Nations →
locatedIn	Manhattan → New York State →
locatedInTimeZone	UTC−05:00 →
meetsAt	Security Council Chamber →
membership	member states of the United Nations →
nonPermanentMembersElectionBody	United Nations General Assembly →
nonPermanentMembersTermLength	2 years →
numberOfMembers	15 →
numberOfNonPermanentMembers	10 →
numberOfPermanentMembers	5 →
officialLanguage	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
parentOrganization	United Nations →
partOf	United Nations →
permanentMember	China → France → Russia → United Kingdom → United States of America →
presidencyRotationOrder	English alphabetical order of member states names →
presidencyRotationPeriod	1 month →
primaryResponsibility	maintenance of international peace and security →
regionServed	world →
shortName	UN Security Council → UNSC →
votingRequirementProceduralMatters	9 affirmative votes →
votingRequirementSubstantiveMatters	9 affirmative votes including concurring votes of all permanent members →
votingSystem	one state one vote →
website	https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/ →

Referenced by (180)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
UN Security Council Resolution 1244 → UN Security Council Resolution 1368 → UN Security Council Resolution 1373 → UN Security Council Resolution 660 → UN Security Council Resolution 677 → UN Security Council Resolution 679 → UN Security Council Resolution 687 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 1194 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 707 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 715 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 82 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 83 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 → United Nations Security Council resolutions →	adoptedBy
African-led International Support Mission to Mali → East Timor intervention → International Security Assistance Force → MONUSCO → Oil-for-Food Programme → Somalia peacekeeping operations → Syrian–Israeli disengagement agreement on the Golan Heights → UN peacekeepers → United Nations Mission in Kosovo → United Nations Mission in South Sudan → United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali → United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador → United Nations missions in the Middle East →	authorizedBy
UN Security Council Resolution 1368 → UN Security Council Resolution 678 → UN Security Council Resolution 686 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 1154 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 715 → United Nations Security Council Resolution 83 ("Security Council") → United Nations Security Council Resolution 85 →	organ
Free Territory of Trieste → International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda → International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia → ONUSAL → UN Truth Commission for El Salvador → United Nations Commission for Indonesia → United Nations Mission in Liberia → United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire →	establishedBy
Military Staff Committee → Peacebuilding Commission → UN Special Commission → United Nations Compensation Commission → United Nations Mission in Kosovo → United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador → United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus →	parentOrganization
Military Staff Committee → Secretary-General of the United Nations → UN Special Commission → UN peacekeepers → United Nations Compensation Commission → United Nations Mission in South Sudan → United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali →	reportsTo
Article 39 of the United Nations Charter → Article 42 of the United Nations Charter → Article 45 of the United Nations Charter → Article 48 of the United Nations Charter →	grantsPowerTo
Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court → Peacebuilding Commission → United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict →	cooperatesWith
Peacebuilding Commission → UNMEER → United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon →	createdBy
Military Staff Committee → United Nations Compensation Commission → United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus →	foundedBy
Article 41 of the United Nations Charter → Article 42 of the United Nations Charter → Article 50 of the United Nations Charter →	interpretedBy
United Nations Commission for Indonesia → United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon → United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire →	mandateFrom
Counter-Terrorism Committee → Military Staff Committee → United Nations Sanctions Committees →	partOf
Fayez al-Sarraj → Government of National Accord ("UN Security Council") → Libyan Political Agreement →	recognizedBy
UNSC ("UN Security Council") → UNSC ("Security Council") → United Nations Security Council ("UN Security Council") →	shortName
International Atomic Energy Agency → Office of Peace Operations, Sanctions, and Counterterrorism → United States Mission to the United Nations →	worksWith
Article 44 of the United Nations Charter ("Security Council") → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter →	appliesTo
Article 43 of the United Nations Charter → Article 46 of the United Nations Charter →	assignsResponsibilityTo
Office of the Secretary-General → Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations →	associatedWith
International Criminal Court → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court →	canReceiveReferralsFrom
United Nations Chief Executives Board for Coordination → United Nations Economic and Social Council →	coordinatesWith
Article 41 of the United Nations Charter → Article 46 of the United Nations Charter ("Security Council") →	empowers
Article 49 of the United Nations Charter → Article 50 of the United Nations Charter →	enforcedBy
Eritrean–Ethiopian War → Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis →	involvedOrganization
Blue Helmets → KFOR mission in Kosovo →	mandatedBy
Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations → United Nations delegate →	participatesIn
France → Russia ("UN Security Council") →	permanentMemberOf
Article 50 of the United Nations Charter → Assembly of States Parties →	relatedTo
Article 43 of the United Nations Charter → Article 47 of the United Nations Charter ("permanent members of the United Nations Security Council") →	relatesTo
Military Staff Committee → United Nations Commission for Indonesia →	subordinateTo
International Court of Justice →	advisoryOpinionsRequestedBy
United Kingdom defence policy ("United Nations collective security system") →	allianceFramework
United Nations Security Council ("Security Council") →	alsoKnownAs
United Nations General Assembly →	appointsOnRecommendationOf
Article 47 of the United Nations Charter ("Security Council") →	assignsFunctionTo
EUFOR Althea →	authorisedBy
emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly ("Security Council") →	canBeRequestedBy
International Criminal Court →	canReceiveReferralFrom
Article 47 of the United Nations Charter ("Security Council") →	citesBody
Middle East and West Asia Division →	collaboratesWith
An Agenda for Peace →	commissionedBy
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia →	completionStrategyAdoptedBy
Article 44 of the United Nations Charter →	concernsBody
United Nations working groups →	convenesUnder
Charter of the United Nations →	createdOrgan
Second Dutch Police Action →	criticizedBy
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter →	definesPowersOf
Ansar Dine →	designatedTerroristBy
United Nations documentation →	documentsActivitiesOf
International Court of Justice →	electingBody
United Nations General Assembly →	electsTogetherWith
Bureau of International Organization Affairs ("UN Security Council") →	engagesWith
San Francisco Conference →	establishedBody
UNSC →	fullName
Free Territory of Trieste →	governorAppointedBy
Question of Palestine →	handledBy
United Nations documentation ("Security Council resolutions") →	hasComponent
United Nations debates on children and armed conflict →	hasMainForum
United Nations →	hasMainOrgan
United Nations Mission in South Sudan →	hasMandateFrom
United Nations system →	hasPart
UN →	hasPrincipalOrgan
Article 49 of the United Nations Charter →	hasSubject
United Nations Headquarters →	hasUNOrgan
Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations ("People’s Republic of China’s seat on the United Nations Security Council") →	holdsFor
United Nations system of international law →	implementedByOrgan
Official Document System of the United Nations →	includesDocumentsFrom
Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s →	involves
Gulf War ("United Nations Security Council resolutions") →	legalBasis
Disarming Iraq →	mainSubject
United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs →	mandateGivenBy
NATO missions →	mayBeMandatedBy
Russia ("UN Security Council") →	memberOf
Member States of the United Nations →	membershipRecommendedBy
Oil-for-Food Programme →	monitoredBy
António Guterres ("Security Council of the United Nations") →	nominatedBy
2011 Libyan Civil War →	opposedBy
First Dutch Police Action →	opposedByOrganization
An Agenda for Peace →	presentedTo
Article 47 of the United Nations Charter →	primaryBodyAdvised
Secretary-General of the United Nations →	recommendedBy
Article 45 of the United Nations Charter →	relatesToOrgan
Council of the League of Nations →	replacedBy
UN Truth Commission for El Salvador →	reportedTo
Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations →	representsIn
Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations →	representsInBody
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 →	requiresReportingTo
Dag Hammarskjöld Library →	servesBody
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia →	statuteAdoptedBy
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter →	subjectToInterpretationBy
Security Council Chamber →	usedBy