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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United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire mandateFrom United Nations Security Council
An Agenda for Peace presentedTo United Nations Security Council
An Agenda for Peace commissionedBy United Nations Security Council
Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations representsIn United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 660 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN hasPrincipalOrgan United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
First Dutch Police Action opposedByOrganization United Nations Security Council
Second Dutch Police Action criticizedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Commission for Indonesia establishedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Commission for Indonesia subordinateTo United Nations Security Council
United Nations Commission for Indonesia mandateFrom United Nations Security Council
Free Territory of Trieste establishedBy United Nations Security Council
Free Territory of Trieste governorAppointedBy United Nations Security Council
GA electsTogetherWith United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: United Nations General Assembly
International Security Assistance Force authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 1368 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 1368 organ United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 1373 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly canBeRequestedBy United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: Security Council
East Timor intervention authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina authorisedBy United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: EUFOR Althea
ASP relatedTo United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: Assembly of States Parties
United Nations Mission in Liberia establishedBy United Nations Security Council
Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis involvedOrganization United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 organ United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 82 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 83 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 83 organ United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 85 organ United Nations Security Council
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda establishedBy United Nations Security Council
UNSC fullName United Nations Security Council
UNSC shortName United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: UN Security Council
UNSC shortName United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: Security Council
Security Council Chamber usedBy United Nations Security Council
Counter-Terrorism Committee partOf United Nations Security Council
Military Staff Committee partOf United Nations Security Council
Military Staff Committee foundedBy United Nations Security Council
Military Staff Committee parentOrganization United Nations Security Council
Military Staff Committee reportsTo United Nations Security Council
Military Staff Committee subordinateTo United Nations Security Council