The UN Security Council consists of what countries?
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See this page:\n\nhttp://www.un.org/Docs/sc/unsc_members.html
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The UN is controlled by the security council where the permanent members have a veto.They are first and foremost responsible for any failure of the UN in anything.I admit it's more than annoying but it's also weird to blame the UN as a front to not have to blame the world community.\nThe UN can only be as strong or as weak as its members
671984
When the United Nations was created many Arab nations were waring or just didn't want in. Now that the UN has expanded its the original members that are permanent, but thats only in terms of veto power. Now that there are so many countries with different agendas there are rotating positions that have veto power to ensure others have that power at times. But it wasn't because they wanted to screw other countries, it was simply timing. Wilson wanted a UN of sorts but it took till after WWII to finally do it.
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Kofi Annan is presently the Secretary General of the UN. There is no post of Secretary for the UN.
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there are 243 :\n\nFirst : 202 sovereign states: \n\n192 member states of the United Nations (UN). \n\n1 state with general international recognition but not UN membership, governed by the Holy See (a UN permanent observer), the Vatican City. \n\n9 states lacking general international recognition, none of which are UN members, that customary international law nonetheless defines as states under the Montevideo Convention: \n\n1 state, no longer a UN member since late 1971, recognized by 23 UN member states and the Holy See (Vatican City), and currently with de facto international relations with many others, the Republic of China (commonly referred to as Taiwan). \n\n1 state, recognized by 45 UN member states but never admitted to the UN itself, with most of its claimed territory under military occupation, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Western Sahara. \n\n1 state, recognized by 100 UN member states (including the 2 permanent UNSC members Russia and the People's Republic of China) and the Holy See but never admitted to the UN itself, with only partial de facto control over any of its claimed territory exercised through the Palestinian National Authority (a UN permanent observer), the State of Palestine in the Palestinian territories. \n\n6 de facto independent states lacking any significant measure of diplomatic recognition from other states: \n\n1 de facto independent state, diplomatically recognized by no UN member states except Turkey, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.\n\n5 de facto independent states, namely Abkhazia,[3] Nagorno-Karabakh,[4] Pridnestrovie,[5] Somaliland,[6] and South Ossetia none recognized by any UN member states. \n\n*****\n\nSecond : 36 inhabited dependent territories: \n\n3 external territories of Australia (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island). \n\n2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland and Faroe Islands). \n\n5 overseas territories of France:\n \n1 sui generis (unique) community (New Caledonia).\n \n4 overseas communities: \n\n1 territorial community (Saint Pierre and Miquelon) \n1 territory (Wallis and Futuna) \n1 overseas country (French Polynesia) \n1 departmental community (Mayotte) \n2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba and Netherlands Antilles). \n\n3 dependent territories of New Zealand: \n\n2 states in free association with New Zealand (Cook Islands and Niue). \n1 overseas territory (Tokelau). \n16 dependent territories of the United Kingdom: \n3 Crown dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man). \n13 overseas territories (Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena (and its dependencies Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha), Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia). \n\n5 unincorporated territories of the United States: \n\n2 commonwealths (Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico). \n2 organized insular territories (Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands). \n1 de facto organized insular territory lacking an Organic Act (American Samoa).\n\n****\n\nThird : 5 areas of special sovereignty: \n\n4 special entities recognized by international treaty or agreement (Åland in Finland, Svalbard in Norway, as well as the 2 special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China - Hong Kong and Macau). \n\n1 UN-administered territory inside the de jure territory of a sovereign state and under de jure sovereignty of that sovereign state (Kosovo in Serbia under UN interim civilian administration).
448872
Your list of countries is not complete. Majority of teh countries are themselves prey of poverty and hunger. First try to remove them than think about UNO Security Council
750080
There are 192 member countries recognized by the United Nations, and 193 recognized by the state department of the U.S. There are currently 9 (the number is disputed) planets if you count Pluto and 8 if you don't, but that is just in our solar system. There are a lot more planets out there.
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Yes, UN is outdated and could not survive without the U.S.A. The big fix is that the security council needs to be re-constituted with the following most populous and influential nations in the 21st Century:\n\nUSA\nChina\nRussia\nIndia\nEuropean Union\nIndonesia\nBrazil
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UN is a joke corrupted by France, Germany, Russia, China.
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In the General Assembly, each country is entitled to one vote on any issue.\n\nIn the Security Council, things are about different.  Only 15 countries sit on the Council, and 5 of them are permanent.  The five permanent members (China, Britain, France, the United States, and Russia) still all have one vote, as do the 10 others.  The permanent members, however, all have the power to veto any legislation.  So if just one of the permanent members disagrees with the resolution, it will fail.
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On this list are 243 entities considered to be countries. This corresponds to:\n\n191 member states of the United Nations (UN). \n1 UN recognized non-member state governed by the Holy See (a UN permanent observer): the Vatican City. \n1 non-UN recognized state, diplomatically recognized by the Holy See and 24 UN member states, and in de facto relations with many others: the Republic of China, on (and popularly referred to as) Taiwan. \n6 generally unrecognized but de facto independent states; namely Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Northern Cyprus, Somaliland, South Ossetia, and Transnistria; all recognized by no states, except for Northern Cyprus, which maintains diplomatic relations only with Turkey. \n2 entities recognized by many countries as sovereign, but not de facto independent; namely Palestine and Western Sahara. \n37 inhabited dependent territories: \n3 overseas territories of Australia (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island) \n3 British Crown dependencies (Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man) \n2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland and Faroe Islands) \n1 sui generis dependency of France (New Caledonia) \n4 overseas collectivities of France (Mayotte, French Polynesia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna) \n2 overseas countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba and Netherlands Antilles) \n2 states in free association with New Zealand (Cook Islands and Niue) \n1 New Zealand overseas territory (Tokelau) \n14 overseas territories of the United Kingdom (Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena and its dependencies Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia) \n5 unincorporated territories of the United States (US) (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands) \n4 special entities recognized by international treaty or agreement (Åland in Finland, Svalbard in Norway, as well as the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau in the People's Republic of China) \n1 UN protectorate inside the de jure territory of a sovereign state (Kosovo in Serbia and Montenegro under UN interim civilian administration).
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192 independent countries are members of the U.N., but that doesn't include the Vatican City - which is technically a country - who have chosen not to join.\n\nThere are 192  different countries that the United States recognizes, but it gets tricky when you talk about Taiwan. There are those that would argue that Taiwan isn't really a coutnry (like China, who claims that it is a Chinese province). \n\nEven though Taiwan was a member of the U.N. up until 1971, it is not recognized as a country because of politcal reasons.  \n\nSo if you count Taiwan as a country (though it isn't internationally recognized as one) and the Vatican City, there would be 193.\n\nTo John C.: You have to remember that when you are counting countries, places that are governed by other countries, like Puerto Rico, the U.K., Bermuda, Palestine and others, don't count because they are actually provinces or colonies.
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My understanding of the United Nations is a confederation of Nation-States who have come together to avoid violent conflict in times of political distress.\n\nAs far as it's effectiveness or lack thereof I refer to my first statement.  As a confederation most of the power still belongs to the Nation-States and therefore renders the overall body null and void.  (Example: The Iraq War was widely opposed by the UN)
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English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese and Arabic are the official languages of the United Nations
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in the UN?\n\nlol\n\nhell fucking no\n\nlol
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You're really jumping to incorrect conclusions here.  Iran is being placed in front of the UN Security Council because of their desired nuclear program.  They were put in front of the Security Council by 27 countries (only 1 of which is the US).  The US has had no direct diplomatic ties to Iran since 1979 when they took the US Embassy.  Because of this, the US has actually had nothing directly to do with this issue, only indirectly thru the EU3.  Since 2 of the EU3 holds the US in pretty low regards how can you even think that the US has had ANY influence on the proceedings at all to date.
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Asia is a continent, comprised of many countries. Some of those are in the U.N. and others aren't.