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Encyclopedia: United Nations Security Council

For other uses, see Security Council (disambiguation). For other uses, see UNSC (disambiguation).

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the organ of the United Nations charged with maintaining peace and security among nations. While other organs of the United Nations only make recommendations to member governments, the Security Council has the power to make decisions which member governments must carry out under the United Nations Charter. The decisions of the Council are known as United Nations Security Council Resolutions.

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How to say "United Nations Security Council" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	联合国安全理事会
	(Japanese)	国際連合安全保障理事会
	(German)	Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen
	(Spanish)	Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas
	(French)	Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies
	(Italian)	Consiglio di Sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite

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1949 in India

See also: 1948 in India, other events of 1949, 1950 in India and the Timeline of Indian history. Events January 1 - A ceasefire, ordered by the United Nations Security Council, takes effect in Kashmir. December 28 - CRPF Act enacted...

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Council

council or other Council in the system of Local Government in the United Kingdom, for example CCC. The United Nations Security Council The United States Council on Foreign Relations The United Kingdom's... America, councils are divisions within the National Council. Certain Synods are known as Ecumenical...

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François Lonseny Fall

, 2004, when he became prime minister. As foreign minister, he was Guinea's delegate to the United Nations security council during the debate over the United States military action in Iraq. On April 30...

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Andrei Gromyko

(Mr. No). In 1946 he became the USSR's representative on the United Nations Security Council. He... sent to the United States and worked in the Soviet embassy there until 1943 when he was appointed the Soviet ambassador to the United States. He played an important role in coordinating the wartime...

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Church House

of both the United Nations Security Council and United Nations Preparatory Commission both took place...

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Kuwait/Iraq Separation barrier

Persian Gulf. Constructed by the United Nations Security Council, its stated purpose is to stop a... security movement. Iraq views Kuwait as part of Iraq, and the barriers as illegally separating two parts...

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Londer Tsaava

to the United Nations Security Council in New York City, from Georgians demanding the withdrawal of... refugees from Abkhazia that had taken hostages. He was eventually successful in securing their...

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Operation Southern Watch

with United Nations Security Council resolutions 688, which demanded that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein...

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Anri Djergenia

United Nations. He is also the only Abkhazian representative to have addressed the United Nations Security Council, after achieving Russian support to do so. At the same time, he also served as... perhaps came the closest to uniting with Russia, as he openly discussed working towards associate...

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Foreign relations of Jamaica

serving a 2-year term on the United Nations Security Council. Prime Minister Percival James... Jamaica has diplomatic relations with most nations and is a member of the United Nations and the... trade, financial, and cultural relations with the United States are now predominant. Jamaica is linked...

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