; Membership in 2009; The Council is composed of five permanent members — China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States — and ten non-permament members (with year of term's end):
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The United Nations Security Council ( UNSC ) is one of the principal organs of the United Nations and is charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. Its powers, outlined in t...
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The United Nations ( UN ) is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human...
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The United Nations Security Council is composed of representatives from fifteen countries. Five of the Security Council members are permanent members. The original five ... Thus, the current five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council are: United States, United Kingdom, China, Russia, and France.
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Everything about the United Nations is quite wholly beneficial in many ways, but it all falls down when you get to the "permanent members of the Security Council" thing. I would think that any objective, disinterested third party, looking at the thing would see it as a glaring mistake.
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At the United Nations, the five permanent Security Council members have issued a statement condemning North Korea's recent rocket launch. ... After six-party talks, which include the five permanent members of the UN Security Council including the US, Russia, France, China and Britain plus Japan, ... The United States, China,
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The official hailed the plan as a “positive interim step to help build confidence” on Iran’s controversial nuclear program following the talks between the Islamic Republic and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council — China, Russia, France, Britain and the United States — plus Germany.
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At the election of five non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in the 59th Session of the UN General Assembly held in the morning of October 15 (Japan time: October 15 midnight), Japan was elected to serve as a non-permanent member of the UNSC for a two-year term beginning on January 1, 2005.
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Communique announced by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (P5) concerning the nuclear tests conducted by the Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan...
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