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A '''United Nations Security Council Resolution''' is a [[United Nations resolution]] voted on by the fifteen members of the [[United Nations Security Council]]; the [[United Nations]] organization charged with "primary responsibility for the maintenance of
international peace and security". The [[United Nations Charter|UN Charter]] specifies (in [[United_Nations_Security_Council_veto_power#Article_27|Article 27]]) that a draft resolution on non-procedural matters is adopted if nine or more of the fifteen Council members vote for the resolution, and if it is not [[United Nations Security Council veto power|vetoed]] by any of the five permanent members. These members are the [[People's Republic of China]], which replaced the [[Republic of China]] in 1971, [[France]], the [[Russian Federation]], which replaced the [[Soviet Union]] in 1991, the [[United Kingdom]], and the [[United States]].
Draft resolutions on "procedural matters" can be adopted on the basis of an
affirmative vote by any nine Council members.
There have been two major [[war]]s authorized by the Security Council; the 1950 [[Korean War]], and the 1991 [[Gulf War]]. States that breach resolutions have mixed fates. [[Iraq]] was swiftly attacked after failing to comply with a Security Council resolution by withdrawing from [[Kuwait]]; however, [[Indonesia]], [[Israel]], [[Morocco]] and [[Turkey]] have been in breach of several resolutions, sometimes for decades, without having had any action taken against them.
== Terms used in the UN Charter ==
The [[United Nations Charter]] contains numerous formulations which imply the adoption of resolution while not defining it any further.
== External links ==
{{wikisource|United Nations Security Council Resolutions}}
* [http://www.un.org/documents/scres.htm Complete list and text of all resolutions]
* [http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/ UN Security Council Official Website including full text of all resolutions]
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