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African Group: 3 members. Asia-Pacific Group: 2 members. Eastern European Group: 1 member. Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC): 2 members. Western European and Others Group (WEOG): 2 members. In addition, one of the five African/Asian seats is an Arab country, alternating between the two groups.
The United Nations Security Council ( UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) [ 1] and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, [ 2] recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, [ 3] and approving any changes to the UN Charter. [ 4] Its powers as outlined in the United ...
Current Missions Past Missions UN refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. IDP camp in Sudan resulting from the Darfur conflict.. This is a list of United Nations peacekeeping missions since the United Nations was founded in 1945, organized by region, with the dates of deployment, the name of the related conflict, and the name of the UN operation.
After decades of seeking a bigger voice in the United Nations ' most powerful body, Africa "cannot wait any longer,” Sierra Leone's president told the Security Council on Monday. Chairing a ...
Africa was under-represented at the UN Security Council and international financial institutions but “over-represented in the very challenges these structures are designed to address”, he added.
The United Nations established six principal organs of the Organization: the General Assembly, the United Nations Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the United Nations Trusteeship Council (this Council suspended operations in (1994), the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat. The Charter allowed for the creation of ...
The presidency of the United Nations Security Council is responsible for leading the United Nations Security Council. It rotates among the 15 member-states of the council monthly. The head of the country's delegation is known as the President of the United Nations Security Council. The presidency has rotated every month since its establishment ...
The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is a United Nations peacekeeping force in Abyei, which is contested between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan. UNISFA was approved on 27 June 2011 by the United Nations Security Council in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1990 after a flareup in the South ...