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Security Council
noun
- the division of the United Nations charged with maintaining international peace, composed of five permanent members (U.S., Russian Federation, France, United Kingdom, and the People's Republic of China) and ten temporary members, each serving for two years.
Security Council
noun
- a permanent organ of the United Nations established to maintain world peace. It consists of five permanent members (China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US) and ten nonpermanent members
Security Council
- An important division of the United Nations that contains five permanent members — the United States, Britain , China , France , and Russia — and ten rotating members. It is often called into session to respond quickly to international crises. Any permanent member can exercise a veto over a resolution before the Security Council.
Example Sentences
The firings mark the latest salvo in Trump’s long-simmering antipathy toward the National Security Council, which was fueled in part by a spat with former NSC staffer and whistleblower Alexander Vindman.
A former National Security Council member and a Senate member deemed Hegseth unqualified for the position.
A National Security Council spokesman later confirmed that the portions of the chat that Mr Goldberg initially shared "appears to be authentic".
However, soon afterwards China backed a UN Security Council resolution which bluntly calls on the Rwanda Defence Forces to "cease support to the M23 and immediately withdraw from DRC territory without preconditions".
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, also a chat participant, told the House Intelligence Committee that an "in-depth review" would be conducted by the National Security Council to determine how the reporter was added.
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