Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the United Nations Security Council and learn more about the 15-member body within the UN.

Description. The United Nations was created on June 26, 1945. Officially going into effect on October 24, 1945 UN Charter was established to maintain peace and security, and promote international ...

Here’s How Security Council Elections Work. There are 15 members of the United Nations Security Council. Five of them are permanent: the USA, China, the UK, France, and Russia. These “P-5” countries ...

The Security Council faces challenges due to veto powers, hindering resolutions on conflicts like Ukraine and Gaza, and there are ongoing debates about reforming the council's structure.

It is election season at the United Nations. On June 7 the General Assembly will pick new members to join the Security Council. The results of some (but not all!) of these elections are foreordained — ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a reform of the UN Security Council's structure, saying that the current model is "unsustainable," Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Members of the U.N. Security Council, including the United States, should consistently uphold and defend the U.N. Charter and refrain — refrain from the use of the veto, except in rare ...

The United Nations Security Council will not improve or become more equitable if it is expanded. It is not the nations in power, but the allure to power itself that makes it an untenable organization.

W hen the Security Council was founded as part of the United Nations in 1945, it was built as “an extension of the powers that defeated Hitler and Japan,” and a way to “lock in place the ...

The United Nations Security Council adopted its first resolution, S/RES/1(1946), on 25 January 1946 – long before the current modes of online distribution of documents. As of 30 November 2024 ...

The United Nations Security Council adopted a US-led resolution on Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday after it failed to pass earlier in the day in the body’s General Assembly.