UN Security Council
Global veto body
The UN Security Council is the branch of the United Nations responsible for maintaining international peace and security.
It has fifteen members—five permanent (the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China) with veto power, and ten rotating members elected for two-year terms.
The Council can authorize sanctions, peacekeeping operations, and military intervention: The UN Security Council voted to impose sanctions on the regime.
Formal decision or determination
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- delegationTransferring responsibility downward
multilateral · treaty · summit · mediation · dialogue · consensus · accord · protocol
Official prohibition on trade
- asset freezeBlocking access to wealth
- travel banProhibition on journeys
- arms embargoBan on military exports
- trade restrictionsBarriers limiting international exchange
economic pressure · enforcement · compliance · blacklist · designation · nonproliferation · counterterrorism · waiver
Authority to reject decisions
- superpowersCapabilities beyond human limits
- great powersInternationally dominant nation-states
- balance of powerEqual distribution of influence
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
world order · strategic interests · national interests · alliances · geopolitical tensions · regional conflict · territorial disputes · spheres of influence
Head covers tinted azure
- peacekeepersForces maintaining cease-fires
- missionPurpose-driven task
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
troops · ceasefire · buffer zone · observer · stabilization · conflict resolution · rules of engagement · consent
Solid mass, or impede
- abstentionFormal refusal to vote
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
- impasseSituation without resolution
- veto threatDeclared intent to reject
resolution
Formal decision or determination
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
delegation · multilateral · treaty · summit · mediation · dialogue · consensus · accord · protocol · ratification
embargo
Official prohibition on trade
- asset freezeBlocking access to wealth
- travel banProhibition on journeys
- arms embargoBan on military exports
trade restrictions · economic pressure · enforcement · compliance · blacklist · designation · nonproliferation · counterterrorism · waiver
veto power
Authority to reject decisions
- superpowersCapabilities beyond human limits
- great powersInternationally dominant nation-states
- balance of powerEqual distribution of influence
sovereignty · world order · strategic interests · national interests · alliances · geopolitical tensions · regional conflict · territorial disputes · spheres of influence · multilateralism
blue helmets
Head covers tinted azure
- peacekeepersForces maintaining cease-fires
- missionPurpose-driven task
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
deployment · troops · ceasefire · buffer zone · observer · stabilization · conflict resolution · rules of engagement · consent · impartiality
block
Solid mass, or impede
- abstentionFormal refusal to vote
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
- impasseSituation without resolution
- geopoliticsbalance of power, bipolarity, bloc, blocs, brinkmanship
- alliancesalliance, allies, ally, coalition, NATO alliance
- Superpowersuperpower, USA, Russia, China, hegemony
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
- Asian Geopoliticsborder dispute, China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea
- BangladeshBangladesh, Dhaka, Chittagong, Bangla, Sundarbans
UN Security CouncilUN General Assembly
Main deliberative body worldwide
UN Security Councilunilateral action
unilateralism · coalition of the willing · gunboat diplomacy · American exceptionalism · Bush Doctrine
Security Council, security, council, secure, secured, securing, securely, insecure, insecurity