United Nations — Political Science STD 12 Arts — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ArtsPolitical ScienceUnited Nations3 Marks
Question
Briefly explain: Safety Committee.
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Answer
The Security Council is empowered to maintain international peace and security, and is therefore one of the most important members of the United Nations.
The United States, Britain, France, Russia and China have a total of 5 permanent members, with the remaining 10 having non-permanent members.
It resolves issues using peaceful means to resolve any disputes in the nation.
It cannot make a decision on any matter of international importance unless one of the 5 permanent members votes positively.
This power of 5 permanent and nations is called veto-prohibition.
E.g. Russia has used the veto the most.
The term limit for the presidency of the Security Council is one month.
The member states of this committee receive the presidency respectively according to the English alphabetic order of their names.
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