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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Svobodno tržaško ozemlje establishedBy United Nations Security Council
Governor of the Free Territory of Trieste foundedBy United Nations Security Council
Governor of the Free Territory of Trieste intendedAppointer United Nations Security Council
Governor of the Free Territory of Trieste supervisedBy United Nations Security Council
Slobodni teritorij Trsta administeredUnder United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: Vijeće sigurnosti Ujedinjenih naroda
United States–China relations multilateralContext United Nations Security Council
Folke Bernadotte appointedBy United Nations Security Council
ISAF authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
ISAF reportedTo United Nations Security Council
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan createdBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan reportsTo United Nations Security Council
Afghan Interim Authority (Bonn Agreement framework) recognizedBy United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: Afghan Interim Authority
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force createdBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force reportsTo United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 339 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1386 organ United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 1267 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 1540 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
apartheid government of South Africa condemnedBy United Nations Security Council
Government of Liberia under Charles Taylor sanctionedBy United Nations Security Council
UNMIL establishedBy United Nations Security Council
SFOR mandateFrom United Nations Security Council
United Nations Support Mission in Libya mandatedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Support Mission in Libya reportsTo United Nations Security Council
EUFOR mandatedBy United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: EUFOR Althea
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1509 organ United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 731 organ United Nations Security Council
2014 Sinjar massacre condemnedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 748 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 883 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 1192 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN multinational military presence in Korea authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
S/1501 issuedBy United Nations Security Council
S/1501 associatedOrgan United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 81 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 955 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
Chambers establishedBy United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: Chambers (ICTR)
Registry establishedBy United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: Registry of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Trial Chambers createdBy United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: Trial Chambers (ICTR)
Appeals Chamber createdBy United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: Appeals Chamber (ICTR)