United Nations Security CouncilInternational
International · founded 1945
What it is
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, charged with ensuring international peace and security. Its mandate includes recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, approving changes to the UN Charter, and issuing binding resolutions that authorize peacekeeping operations, impose sanctions, or permit military action. Held for the first time in London in January 1946, the Council consists of five permanent members with veto power and ten non-permanent members elected on a regional basis.
People
George Gerapetritis
Minister of Foreign Affairs · Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece
Evangelos Sekeris
Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council
