United Nations Security Council

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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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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/

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UN Security Council Resolution 666 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 667 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 669 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 670 organ United Nations Security Council
S/RES/1244(1999) adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
Mediation in the Iran–Iraq War authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 674 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
Resolution 1244 of the UN Security Council adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244
United Nations regional groups usedBy United Nations Security Council
UNITAF authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission establishedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission oversightBody United Nations Security Council
Trial Chamber I of the ICTY establishedBy United Nations Security Council
Appeals Chamber of the ICTY createdBy United Nations Security Council
FATF Recommendations recognizedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 751 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 794 organ United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
Arak heavy water reactor concernOf United Nations Security Council
Annex I – Nuclear-related measures associatedOrganization United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1859 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 698 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 626 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 628 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 252 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 267 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 271 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 465 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 858 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 976 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council