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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Question of Palestine handledBy United Nations Security Council
Government of National Accord recognizedBy United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: UN Security Council
Libyan Political Agreement (Skhirat Agreement) recognizedBy United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: Libyan Political Agreement
Fayez al-Sarraj recognizedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Sanctions Committees partOf United Nations Security Council
IO engagesWith United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: Bureau of International Organization Affairs
this entity surface form: UN Security Council
UN Truth Commission for El Salvador establishedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Truth Commission for El Salvador reportedTo United Nations Security Council
DPPA mandateGivenBy United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs
Middle East and West Asia Division collaboratesWith United Nations Security Council
Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations holdsFor United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: People’s Republic of China’s seat on the United Nations Security Council
United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
Peacebuilding Commission createdBy United Nations Security Council
Peacebuilding Commission parentOrganization United Nations Security Council
Peacebuilding Commission cooperatesWith United Nations Security Council
United Nations working groups convenesUnder United Nations Security Council
ONUSAL establishedBy United Nations Security Council
Article 39 of the United Nations Charter grantsPowerTo United Nations Security Council
Article 42 of the United Nations Charter grantsPowerTo United Nations Security Council
Article 42 of the United Nations Charter interpretedBy United Nations Security Council
Article 43 of the United Nations Charter relatesTo United Nations Security Council
Article 43 of the United Nations Charter assignsResponsibilityTo United Nations Security Council
Article 44 of the United Nations Charter appliesTo United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: Security Council
Article 44 of the United Nations Charter concernsBody United Nations Security Council
Article 45 of the United Nations Charter grantsPowerTo United Nations Security Council
Article 45 of the United Nations Charter relatesToOrgan United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 organ United Nations Security Council
UN Special Commission parentOrganization United Nations Security Council
UN Special Commission reportsTo United Nations Security Council
Oil-for-Food Programme authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
Oil-for-Food Programme monitoredBy United Nations Security Council
Article 46 of the United Nations Charter assignsResponsibilityTo United Nations Security Council
Article 46 of the United Nations Charter empowers United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: Security Council
Article 47 of the United Nations Charter assignsFunctionTo United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: Security Council
Article 47 of the United Nations Charter primaryBodyAdvised United Nations Security Council
Article 47 of the United Nations Charter relatesTo United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: permanent members of the United Nations Security Council
Article 47 of the United Nations Charter citesBody United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 707 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
Article 48 of the United Nations Charter grantsPowerTo United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 715 organ United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 715 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
Article 50 of the United Nations Charter relatedTo United Nations Security Council