United Nations Security Council
The united nations security council unsc is one of the six principal organs of the united nations un charged with ensuring international peace and security recommending the admission of new un members to the general assembly and approving any changes to the un charter.
United nations security council. A state which is a member of the united nations but not of the security council may participate without. Its powers include establishing peacekeeping operations enacting international sanctions and authorizing military action. The security council takes the lead in determining the existence of a threat to the peace. Under the charter of the united nations all member states are obligated to comply with council decisions.
The un security council will hold a high level summit during the annual meeting of world leaders at the general assembly later this month to discuss security threats in the world after the covid 19 pandemic ends. The united nations security council on wednesday condemned a mutiny in mali and urged the soldiers involved to immediately release all government officials they had detained and and return to.