The membership changes from year to year, but there are 5 permanent members: china,united states, united kingdoms, russia and France. 10 more nations are chosen as non-permanent members - serving 2 years at a time. In 2012, the membership was:
PermanentPeople's Republic of ChinaFrance
Russian Federation
Elected to the 1 January 2011 - 31 December 2012 termColumbiaGermany
India
Portugal
Elected to the 1 January 2012 - 31 December 2013 termAzerbaijanGuatemala
Morocco
Pakistan
Togo
15 (out of which 5 are permanent) US, UK, Russia, France, China
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The UN security council has 15 members. Of these, 5 nations are permanent members (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, & United States) who hold veto power. The remaining 10 are elected non-permanent members with two-year terms. The non-permanent members are elected from the General Assembly and do not have veto power over the Council's resolutions.
6,if you count the trusteeship council, but hey, no one seems to, because the Trusteeship Council was stopped in 1994 because its goal was completed. 5 if you don't. The other 5 councils are the Secretariat, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, the Security Council, and the International Court of Justice.
It isn't. The current was in Afghanistan (there have been many previously) is being fought on the one side by native Afghans (Taliban) who believe in a strict Theocracy (government by religion) and on the other by other Afghans with the help of NATO with the US providing the lion's share of the troops and resources.
The United Nations Security Council has 15 members.
15 (out of which 5 are permanent) US, UK, Russia, France, China
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To date, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, has never been elected to serve on the United Nations Security Council. Lists of countries that have served on the council, and those that have never served, can be found on the website of the United Nations: http://www.un.org/en/sc/members/notelected.shtml
Currently there are 193 United Nation member states. A recommendation for admission, which is made by the Security Council, is necessary in order to be admitted.
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The United Nations Security Council - America, Britain, China, France, Russia, and ten other member states chosen in rotation.
The White House National Security Council (NSC) in the United States is the principal forum used by the President for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials and is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Since its inception under President Harry S. Truman, the function of the Council has been to advise and assist the President on national security and foreign policies. The Council also serves as the President's principal arm for coordinating these policies among various government agencies. The U.S. Council has counterparts in the national security councils of many other nations
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There are 5 countries that are permanent members.
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there are 192 member states in the united nation but 5 of them are permanent security council members.