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 Security Council Resolution 705 organ United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 708 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 708 createdBy United Nations Security Council
Fu Cong participatesIn United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: United Nations Security Council meetings
Operation Unified Protector in Libya authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: Operation Unified Protector
UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel createdBy United Nations Security Council
UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel submitsReportTo United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 706 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 712 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
Article 24 of the United Nations Charter grantsAuthorityTo United Nations Security Council
Article 24 of the United Nations Charter chapterSubject United Nations Security Council
UNCC parentOrganization United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: United Nations Compensation Commission
UNCC foundedBy United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: United Nations Compensation Commission
UNCC reportingTo United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: United Nations Compensation Commission
United Nations Security Council Resolution 21 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
Strategic Trust Territory createdBy United Nations Security Council
Strategic Trust Territory trusteeshipAgreementApprovedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1143 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Intelligence Taskforce governingBody United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1511 organ United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1546 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
Transitional Federal Government period recognizedBy United Nations Security Council
African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces (security support) hasUNMandate United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces
African Union Mission in Somalia authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
African Union Mission in Somalia reportsTo United Nations Security Council
Libya situation at the ICC referralBy United Nations Security Council
Libya situation at the ICC reportsTo United Nations Security Council
United Nations bodies hasPart United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: United Nations principal organs
UN Trust Territory relatedBody United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: United Nations trust territory
Nationalist Government of China seatOn United Nations Security Council
Nationalist Government of China permanentMemberOf United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1205 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1205 body United Nations Security Council
this entity surface form: Security Council
House of Representatives recognizedBy United Nations Security Council
subject surface form: House of Representatives (Libya)
this entity surface form: UN Security Council (initially as legitimate legislature)
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1153 organ United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1115 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1134 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1158 organ United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1175 organ United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1175 enactedBy United Nations Security Council
UNOSOM I authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 664 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
AFISMA authorizedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2085 organ United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 665 adoptedBy United Nations Security Council
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea authorizedBy United Nations Security Council