The Security Council, the United Nations’ principal crisis-management body, is empowered to impose binding obligations on the 193 UN member states to maintain peace.

UN Security Council's 5 New Non-Permanent Members Take Office Their two-year term officially started on January 1. Thursday is the first working day of the council for 2025 after the Christmas and ...

African issues take up nearly 50% of the council’s daily business, and the bulk of its resolutions concerning peace and security. The continent is also home to more than a quarter of UN member ...

Pakistan assumes the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council, a position it takes on as part of its two-year term as a non-permanent member. The presidency rotates monthly among the Council’s ...

Pakistan to conduct its presidency with transparency, inclusivity, responsiveness to crises, says permanent representative to UN - Anadolu Ajansı ...

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday elected five new non-permanent members to the Security Council for the 2026–2027 term. Bahrain, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia ...

The 15-member Council is charged with taking action, through resolutions and decisions, on any threats to international peace and security, but sometimes adopting a draft into a legally binding ...

Colombia was elected Tuesday to a two-year term (2026-2027) as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council by the UN General Assembly, alongside Bahrain, the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

As the United Nations Security Council prepares for Protection of Civilians Week 2025 on May 19-23, when many stakeholders gather to advance ways to protect civilians in armed conflict, UN member ...

France congratulates Bahrain, Colombia, Latvia, Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on their June 3rd election as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. The Security Council’s ...