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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Article 50 of the United Nations Charter interpretedBy United Nations Security Council
Article 50 of the United Nations Charter enforcedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
Article 41 of the United Nations Charter empowers United Nations Security Council
Article 41 of the United Nations Charter interpretedBy United Nations Security Council
Article 49 of the United Nations Charter hasSubject United Nations Security Council
Article 49 of the United Nations Charter enforcedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1154 organ United Nations Security Council
NATO missions mayBeMandatedBy United Nations Security Council
KFOR mission in Kosovo mandatedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1194 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
Disarming Iraq mainSubject United Nations Security Council
ICC canReceiveReferralsFrom United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: International Criminal Court
United Nations Compensation Commission foundedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Compensation Commission parentOrganization United Nations Security Council
United Nations Compensation Commission reportsTo United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 686 organ United Nations Security Council
OTP cooperatesWith United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
OTP canReceiveReferralsFrom United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
United Nations Security Council resolutions adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
Ansar Dine designatedTerroristBy United Nations Security Council
African-led International Support Mission to Mali authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
Eritrean–Ethiopian War involvedOrganization United Nations Security Council
United Kingdom defence policy allianceFramework United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: United Nations collective security system
UN Security Council Resolution 1244 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 677 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 679 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
Somalia peacekeeping operations authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations missions in the Middle East authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
UNMEER createdBy United Nations Security Council
Russia and China multilateralCooperation United Nations Security Council
Joan E. Donoghue appointedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations official languages officialLanguageOf United Nations Security Council
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization reportsTo United Nations Security Council
United Nations Operation in the Congo authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda parentOrganization United Nations Security Council
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone establishedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Protection Force foundedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Protection Force authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Charter Chapter VI authorizes United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: Security Council to investigate any dispute or situation that might lead to international friction
Cyprus buffer zone establishedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 425 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 425 organ United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 426 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 1701 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Kingdom and France shareMembership United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: United Nations Security Council permanent members
UN Security Council Resolution 1559 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1925 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
Geneva peace talks on Syria keyUNBodyInvolved United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: UN Security Council