Security Council

American  

noun

1. the division of the United Nations charged with maintaining international peace, composed of five permanent members (U.S., Russian Federation, France, United Kingdom, and the People's Republic of China) and ten temporary members, each serving for two years.

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Security Council British  

noun

1. a permanent organ of the United Nations established to maintain world peace. It consists of five permanent members (China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US) and ten nonpermanent members

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Security Council Cultural  

1. An important division of the United Nations that contains five permanent members — the United States, Britain, China, France, and Russia — and ten rotating members. It is often called into session to respond quickly to international crises. Any permanent member can exercise a veto over a resolution before the Security Council.

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Clement Delangue, the head of Hugging Face, said Wednesday during a United Nations Security Council session on AI: "I often wonder what would have happened had I decided not to close this attack publicly."

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Security Council could implement to cooperate on AI safety, such as an international ban on using AI to develop biological weapons and the creation of evaluation systems to track global AI progress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

In an address to the United Nations Security Council, Altman said that this “must be” one of the occasions where nations band together to defend the “collective good in the face of powerful new technology.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Security Council to discuss what they view as a need for a global body to set standards on AI development.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Amid all of this emotional chaos, I received an invitation to speak to the United Nations Security Council about children and armed conflict.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana