- Formation: The Security Council was established by the UN Charter in 1945.
- Aim: Its primary responsibility is to work to maintain international peace and security.
- Headquarters: New York, USA
- Membership:
- The council has 15 members, the five permanent members and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms.
- Permanent members are the United States, the Russian Federation, France, China and the United Kingdom.
- The ten non-permanent seats are distributed on a regional basis.
- The council’s presidency is a capacity that rotates every month among its 15 members.