The United Nations Security Council is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. (1) Its membership of 15 nations consists of 10nonpermanentmembers and five permanent members -- China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and theUnited States. Each of these five states has vetorights over adoption of Council resolutions on substantive issues. This means that if a resolution receives thenecessary nine yes votes to be adopted, if evenone of these five states votes no, the resolution will not pass. The nonpermanent member nations are elected by theU.N. General Assembly each fall, fiveannually, to two-year terms. In 2003, the nonpermanent members were Angola, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile,Germany, Guinea, Mexico, Pakistan, Spain, andthe Syrian Arab Republic. (2) Under the U.N. Charter,the Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security (Article24).
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