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The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (also known as the Permanent Five, Big Five, or P5) are the five sovereign states to whom the UN Charter of 1945 grants a permanent seat on the UN Security Council: China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States.
This list contains the 138 United Nations member states so far elected to the United Nations Security Council, including the five permanent members, all listed by number of years each country has so far spent on the UNSC. Of all the members, 6 have so far ceased to exist, leaving the list with 132 modern nations.
The UN officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, after ratification of the United Nations Charter by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (the Republic of China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and a majority of the other signatories. [8]
The United Nations Security Council ( UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) [1] and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, [2] recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, [3] and approving any changes to the UN Charter. [4] Its powers as outlined in the United Nations ...
Permanent Members Of the United Nations: 142. Romania: Ion Jinga: 13 August 2015: Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations: 143. Russia: Vassily A. Nebenzia: 28 July 2017: Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations: 144. Rwanda: Claver Gatete: 28 March 2022: 145. Saint Kitts and Nevis: Nerys Dockery: 24 October ...
Slovenia ( E. Europe) The 2025 United Nations Security Council election will be held in mid-2025 during the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections are for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2026.
The Republic of China (ROC) was a charter member of the United Nations and one of five permanent members of the Security Council until 1971. The ROC joined the United Nations as a founding member on 24 October 1945. The "Big Four" victors of World War II ( Nationalist China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States) [39] were ...
The G4 nations, comprising Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan, are four countries which support each other's bids for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council. Unlike the G7 , where the common denominator is the economy and long-term political motives, the G4's primary aim is the permanent member seats on the Security Council.