Azerbaijan to take over UN Security Council Presidency

Azerbaijan to take over UN Security Council Presidency
# 30 September 2013 08:41 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports that this is Azerbaijan’s second presidency of the UN Security Council.


According to the UN Charter, Security Council is the main body responsible for the protection of peace and security in the world. The Security Council has 15 members, 5 of them being permanent members (U.S., Russia, Britain, China and France). The General Assembly elects 10 non-permanent members for 2 years. Every country presides over the organization is chaired within a month.

Azerbaijan was elected non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the first time in October 2011 and presided over the SC in May 2012.

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THE OPERATION IS BEING PERFORMED