The Security Council is the United Nations organ charged under Chapter V of the Charter with primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. It has fifteen members: five permanent (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) each holding a veto over substantive resolutions, and ten elected for two-year terms. Its decisions on matters of peace and security, unlike those of the General Assembly, are binding on all UN member states.
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Founded Year Founded DateThe UN Charter, establishing the Council under Chapter V, came into force on this date; the Council itself first met on 17 January 1946 in London, and did not move to its current New York seat until 1951. HeadquartersNew York City, United States 1 Classification
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This source names China directly: "It has fifteen members: five permanent (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) each holding a veto over substantive resolutions, and ten elected for two-year terms."
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This source names France directly: "It has fifteen members: five permanent (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) each holding a veto over substantive resolutions, and ten elected for two-year terms."
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This source names Russia directly: "It has fifteen members: five permanent (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) each holding a veto over substantive resolutions, and ten elected for two-year terms."
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This source names United Kingdom directly: "It has fifteen members: five permanent (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) each holding a veto over substantive resolutions, and ten elected for two-year terms."
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This source names United States directly: "Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) each holding a veto over substantive resolutions, and ten elected for two-year terms."
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The veto held by the Security Council's five permanent members is the paradigm modern instance of this mechanism.
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The Security Council is the United Nations organ charged under Chapter V of the Charter with primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.
- Part Of: United Nations
- Associated With: Veto
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The UN officially came into existence on 24 October 1945 upon ratification of the UN Charter by the five permanent members and a majority of the other 46 signatories.
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Article title and infobox abbreviation field identify it as UNSC
In Group: Global Intergovernmental Organizations, Lead paragraph
is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations
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