8.7B Interventions by the UN

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      • The Security Council is responsible for keeping international peace and security, and resolving conflicts that may threaten that peace
      • The Council consists of 15 members - five permanent and ten non-permanent - elected by the General Assembly for two-year terms
    • The five permanent members of the security council:
      • France
      • The UK
      • The USA
      • Russian Federation
      • People's Republic of China
    • Interventions
      • can also adopt resolutions which are binding on all UN member states and can:
      • Authorise sanctions to reduce a nation's ability to trade
      • Military interventions through peacekeeping operations to help prevent further fighting
      • The UN does not have its own army, but member nations supply equipment and forces to the UN
    • Examples of interventions:
      • Trade embargo on Iran 
      • The UN trade embargo on Iran is a set of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council to pressure Iran to comply with its obligations regarding its nuclear program
      • UN forces in Congo
      • The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) is the largest and most complex peacekeeping operation in the world