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Chapter 5.The Security Council

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1. The Security Council shall consist of fifteen Members of the United Nations. The Republic of China, France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America shall be permanent members of the Security Council. The General Assembly shall elect ten other Members of the United Nations to be no-permanent members of the Security Council, due regard being specially paid, in the first instance of the contribution of Members of the United Nations to the maintenance of international peace and security and to the other purposes of ...

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