The UN Security Council

The Security Council consists of 15 members: five members of the Council - permanent (Russia, United States, Britain, France and China), the remaining ten members (in the terminology of the Constitution - "no standing") were elected to the Council in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Charter. Decisions on procedural matters in the Security Council shall be made if for them the affirmative vote of not less than all nine members of the Council. The main form of recommendations to the Security Council resolution. They were taken in more than half a century more than 1300. During the years of the Security Council has well-defined methods and forms of response and the impact on these or other events in the world. One of these methods is the condemnation of the Council of the State for wrongful acts committed by them in violation of the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. For example, the Council has repeatedly condemned in its decisions for the conduct of South Africa's criminal policy of apartheid. Often, the Security Council has resorted to such methods as a political statement of fact of a situation. That's what determined in numerous resolutions of the Security Council the situation in Southern Africa, Pretoria established aggressive actions against the "frontline" African states. The most commonly used admission - appeal to the States, is a way of conflict resolution by the Security Council. He has repeatedly called for a cessation of hostilities, to observe the cease-fire, withdrawal of troops, etc. In considering the complex problems of the Yugoslav settlement, the Iran-Iraq conflict, the situation in Angola, Georgia, Tajikistan and along the Tajik-Afghan border. The Security Council has often performed the functions of conciliation and the parties to the disputes and conflicts. To this end, the Council appointed mediators, particularly entrusted to the Secretary-General or his representative to fulfill the functions of good offices, mediation and conciliation between the parties. These functions are used in the consideration of the Palestinian Council, the Kashmir issue, the situation in the former Yugoslavia, etc.

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