UNITED NATION SECURITY COUNCIL Purpose: * To maintain international peace and security; * To develop friendly relations among nations; * To cooperate in solving international problems and in promoting respect for human rights and to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. Organization History * The Security Council held its first session on 17 January 1946 at Church House, Westminster, London. * Since its first meeting, the Security Council has taken permanent residence at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. * It also travelled to many cities, holding sessions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1972, in Panama City, Panama, and in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1990. * A representative of each of its members must be present at all times at UN Headquarters so that the Security Council can meet at any time as the need arises COMMITTEE Counter-Terrorism and Non-Proliferation Committees Military Staff Committee Sanctions Committees (ad hoc) Standing Committees and Ad Hoc Bodies MEMBERS The Council is composed of 15 Members: Five permanent members: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and Ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly (with end of term date): Argentina (2014) Australia (2014) Chad (2015) Chile (2015) Jordan (2015) Lithuania (2015) Luxembourg (2014) Nigeria (2015) Republic of Korea (2014) Rwanda (2014) LIKE AND SHARE THIS INFORMATION FOR YOUR CIRCLE !!..
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