The Security Council is charged with maintaining international peace and security. While other organs of the UN can only make recommendations, the Security Council has the power to make binding decisions that member states are obliged to carry out. The Security Council is made up of 15 members, consisting of five permanent seats and ten temporary seats. The permanent five, made up of the People’s Republic of China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, each hold veto power, allowing them to block the adoption of any Security Council resolution.

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Declaration on the ongoing violence in Syria
As the violence continues in Syria It is the responsibility of the Security Council to pass a declaration that addresses the concern of the international community for this country.

The question of humanitarian intervention in Somalia
While humanitarian intervention has yet to be clearly defined, it has been used with varying degrees of success in recent history. As was seen in Libya, intervention targeting specific aspects of a society can have significant influence on achieving seismic shifts in the governance structure of a country. Delegates are asked to reconsider the question of humanitarian intervention in Somalia as the world still struggles with the challenge of peace and security in this troubled country.

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Official Security Council website