Committees

The Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. It has 15 Members, and each Member has one vote. Under the Charter of the United Nations, all Member States are obligated to comply with Council decisions.

The Security Council takes the lead in determining the existence of a threat to the peace or act of aggression. It calls upon the parties to a dispute to settle it by peaceful means and recommends methods of adjustment or terms of settlement. In some cases, the Security Council can resort to imposing sanctions or even authorize the use of force to maintain or restore international peace and security.

Resolving the conflict over Crimea in the Russia-Ukraine war

After the annexation of Crimea in 2014 by Russia, the rapid escalation of the conflicts puts the peninsula at the center of Ukrainian-Russian geopolitical tensions.

The issue of biowarfare

Biowarfare is the concept of fighting using biological weapons, which are agents capable of spreading diseases and that can be used against man or animals. According to the UNODA, the 1972 Geneva convention on biological weapons (BWC) forbids to "develop, produce, stockpile or otherwise acquire or retain" agents that could be used in the development of biological weapons or containers capable of disseminating such agents, if not for a peaceful use.

The Afghanistan War

The Afghanistan War was an armed conflict in Afghanistan that spanned over 20 years from 2001 to 2021. It began when an international military coalition, led by the United States, invaded Afghanistan, and ended with the 2021 Taliban offensive, which overthrew the Islamic Republic, and re-established the Islamic Emirate.

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. And we never give up.

Eliminating Child Labor

Child labor is the use of children in industry or business, especially when illegal or considered inhumane.

Protecting children from human trafficking

Human trafficking is defined as the unlawful act of transporting or coercing people in order to benefit from their work or service, typically in the form of forced labor or sexual exploitation.

Increasing literacy rates among the youth worldwide

The literacy rate is defined by the percentage of the population of a given age group that can read and write.

In the past five decades, the global literacy rate among youths aged 15 to 24 years has grown from 77 percent in 1975 to 92 percent in 2020.

UN Women is the UN organization delivering programmes, policies and standards that uphold women’s human rights and ensure that every woman and girl lives up to her full potential.

Closing the gender gap in social protection

Social protection systems help individuals and families, especially the poor and vulnerable, cope with crises and shocks, find jobs, improve productivity, invest in the health and education of their children, and protect the aging population.

Gender gap is a term used to represent the discrepancy in opportunities, status, attitudes, etc., between men and women.

The issue of child marriage

Child marriage refers to any formal marriage or informal union between a child under the age of 18 and an adult or another child.

The issue of child marriage is addressed in a number of international conventions and agreements such as The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages.

Empowering women diagnosed with disabilities in society

A disability is defined as a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities.