Security Council (UNSC)

Basic facts:
- Location: UN HQ in New York City, NY, USA
- Primary forum for international peace and security, crisis situations
- Fifteen countries, five permanent with vetos (USA, UK, France, Russia, China), ten two-year non-permanent with no veto vote (currently Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Turkey, Uganda)
- Main Tasks: peacekeeping, "pressing" issues like violence and invasion, sanctions, military action
- See UN Charter, Article V for charged responsibilities and duties
- Link: United Nations Security Council site, http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/

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