United Nations Security Council
International crisis authority
The United Nations Security Council is the UN body responsible for maintaining international peace and security.
It has five permanent members—the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China—each holding veto power over resolutions, plus ten rotating members.
The Council can authorize sanctions, peacekeeping missions, and military action: The Security Council voted to impose sanctions on the regime.
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
dialogue · summit · accord · consensus · envoy · delegation · protocol · ratification
Official prohibition on trade
- asset freezeBlocking access to wealth
- travel banProhibition on journeys
- arms embargoBan on military exports
- financial sanctionsPunitive limits on transactions
enforcement · blacklist · nonproliferation · counterterrorism · trade restrictions · delisting · due diligence
Head covers tinted azure
- peacekeepersForces maintaining cease-fires
- missionPurpose-driven task
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
mandate · ceasefire · buffer zone · observer · stabilization · monitoring · patrol · interposition
Founding organizational document
- membershipState of belonging
- presidencyChief executive's office
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
- agendaFormal discussion list
briefing · consultation · convene · deliberation · transparency · open debate
Solid mass, or impede
- RussiaEurasian federation, largest country
- ChinaEast Asian superpower
- FranceWestern European republic
- abstentionFormal refusal to vote
negotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
- treatyBinding pact between nations
mediation · dialogue · summit · accord · consensus · envoy · delegation · protocol · ratification · arbitration
embargo
Official prohibition on trade
- asset freezeBlocking access to wealth
- travel banProhibition on journeys
- arms embargoBan on military exports
financial sanctions · enforcement · blacklist · nonproliferation · counterterrorism · trade restrictions · delisting · due diligence
blue helmets
Head covers tinted azure
- peacekeepersForces maintaining cease-fires
- missionPurpose-driven task
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
deployment · mandate · ceasefire · buffer zone · observer · stabilization · monitoring · patrol · interposition · truce
charter
Founding organizational document
- membershipState of belonging
- presidencyChief executive's office
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
agenda · briefing · consultation · convene · deliberation · transparency · open debate
block
Solid mass, or impede
United Nations Security CouncilUN General Assembly
Main deliberative body worldwide
United Nations Security Councilunilateralism
Acting without international cooperation
coalition of the willing · vigilante justice · preemptive war
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