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.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
United Nations Security Council canonical 440
UN Security Council 17
Security Council 14

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international organization body ⓘ
principal organ of the United Nations ⓘ
alsoKnownAs United Nations Security Council ⓘ
surface form: Security Council
building United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 United Nations Security Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 (488)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations Headquarters → hasUNOrgan → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United Nations → hasMainOrgan → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
António Guterres → nominatedBy → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Security Council of the United Nations
International Court of Justice → electingBody → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
International Court of Justice → advisoryOpinionsRequestedBy → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
France → permanentMemberOf → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
Charter of the United Nations → createdOrgan → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United Nations Economic and Social Council → coordinatesWith → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
Gulf War → legalBasis → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Security Council resolutions
Member States of the United Nations → membershipRecommendedBy → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
San Francisco Conference → establishedBody → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
UN peacekeepers → authorizedBy → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
UN peacekeepers → reportsTo → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
Secretary-General of the United Nations → recommendedBy → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
Secretary-General of the United Nations → reportsTo → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United States Mission to the United Nations → worksWith → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly → appointsOnRecommendationOf → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United Nations system of international law → implementedByOrgan → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
International Atomic Energy Agency → worksWith → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
2011 Libyan Civil War → opposedBy → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United Nations Security Council → shortName → United Nations Security Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: UN Security Council
United Nations Security Council → alsoKnownAs → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Security Council
Council of the League of Nations → replacedBy → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
Russia → memberOf → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: UN Security Council
Russia → permanentMemberOf → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: UN Security Council
Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations → participatesIn → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations → representsInBody → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United Nations delegates → participatesIn → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations delegate
United Nations documentation → hasComponent → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Security Council resolutions
United Nations documentation → documentsActivitiesOf → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter → appliesTo → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter → definesPowersOf → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter → subjectToInterpretationBy → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
DHL → servesBody → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
subject surface form: Dag Hammarskjöld Library
Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s → involves → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
International Criminal Court → canReceiveReferralFrom → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 687 → adoptedBy → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
Office of the Secretary-General → associatedWith → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 678 → organ → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United Nations system → hasPart → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
Blue Helmets → mandatedBy → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus → parentOrganization → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus → foundedBy → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon → mandateFrom → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon → createdBy → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United Nations Mission in South Sudan → authorizedBy → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United Nations Mission in South Sudan → reportsTo → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United Nations Mission in South Sudan → hasMandateFrom → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo → authorizedBy → United Nations Security Council ⓘ
subject surface form: MONUSCO
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali → authorizedBy → United Nations Security Council ⓘ