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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this entity surface form: United Nations Security Council elections
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this entity surface form: UN Security Council
Kosovo Force mandatedBy United Nations Security Council
Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization definedBody United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: Security Council of the United Nations
UNMIK establishedBy United Nations Security Council
UNMIK reportsTo United Nations Security Council
Model United Nations simulatesBody United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: UN Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2100 organ United Nations Security Council
UNOSOM II authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council resolution 1996 organ United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1996
United Nations Security Council resolution 1996 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1996
UNOCI establishedBy United Nations Security Council
UNOCI authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
UNOCI reportsTo United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1528 organ United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 598 organ United Nations Security Council
A/47/277 submittedTo United Nations Security Council
S/24111 issuedBy United Nations Security Council
S/24111 submittedTo United Nations Security Council
Linas-Marcoussis Agreement supportedBy United Nations Security Council
permanent mission to the UN isAccreditedTo United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: UN Security Council
Office of Military Affairs affiliatedWith United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: United Nations Security Council (through mandate implementation support)
Africa Division collaboratesWith United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: Africa Division (UN Department of Peace Operations)
Strategic Planning and Monitoring Unit stakeholder United Nations Security Council
Military Planning Service affiliatedWith United Nations Security Council
Current Military Operations Service collaboratesWith United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: UN Security Council
Strategic Planning Cell collaboratesWith United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: UN Security Council
African Union Partnership Team stakeholder United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: UN Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 662 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 662 organ United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: Security Council
United Nations peace operations mandatedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 242 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
North Korean nuclear weapons program opposedBy United Nations Security Council
Indo-Pakistani wars diplomaticInvolvement United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 338 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 338 organ United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 661 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
Arab League Peace Committee seeksSupportFrom United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: UN Security Council
United Nations peace process in Cambodia authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
Paris Peace Agreements of 1991 oversightBy United Nations Security Council
Rhodesia internationalOrganizationSanctioning United Nations Security Council
Ramadan War involvedOrganization United Nations Security Council
UNCI establishedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 67 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
Saif al-Adel sanctionedBy United Nations Security Council