Question

Q6] Answer the following:
1. Who are the members of the Security Council?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council

Answer 2

Security council : The Security council is one of the six main organs of the United Nations. Its primary responsibility is to the maintain international peace and security.

Members of the security council:-

The council embraces 15 members in which five powerful countries sit as permanent members & ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly .

The permanent members are : Russia, the U.K, China, France and the United States.

And the non-permanent members are:

1. Belgium
2. Dominican Republic
3. Estonia
4. Germany
5. Indonesia
6. Niger
7. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
8. South Africa
9. Tunisia
10. Vietnam .

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Know More:-

✦The five permanent members can veto any substantive resolution.

✦More than 50 United Nations Member States have never been Members of the Security Council.

✦The Security Council held its first session on 17 January 1946 at Church House, Westminster, London.

Some measures the council takes to maintain peace & security:-

✦Set forth principles for any agreement.

✦Request the Secretary-General to use his good offices to achieve a pacific settlement of a dispute.

✦When a dispute leads to hostilities, the Council’s primary concern is to bring them to an end as soon as possible.

✦The Council may opt for enforcement measures like economic sanctions, arms embargoes, financial penalties and restrictions, and travel bans or blockade; or even collective military action.

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