United Nations Security Council
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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the most powerful part of the United Nations. The Security Council deals with maintaining peace and security between nations.
[edit] Membership
There are 15 members of the UNSC but only five are permanent members. They are:
The ten temporary seats are held for two years with member states (countries) voted in by the UN General Assembly on a regional basis. The Presidency of the Security Council (ie the leadership) is rotated alphabetically each month. Currently the 10 temporary members with the name of their representative are:
- Argentina (Latin America and Caribbean) - César Mayoral
- Republic of the Congo (Africa) -Basile Ikouebe
- Denmark (Western Europe) - Ellen Margrethe Løj
- Ghana (Africa) - Nana Effah-Apenteng
- Greece (Western Europe) - Adamantios Vassilakis
- Japan (Asia) - Kenzo Oshima
- Peru (Latin America and Caribbean) - Oswaldo de Rivero
- Qatar (Asia, Arab) - Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser
- Slovakia (Eastern Europe) - Peter Burian
- Tanzania (Africa) - Augustine P. Mahiga
[edit] Powers
If a country has behaved in a way seen as undesirable, the UNSC can make a ruling, known as United Nations Security Council Resolutions or sanctions. An example is that the UNSC has currently banned all imports of nuclear material to Iran as they feel Iran is going to make nuclear weapons.
