单词 | security council |
释义 | > as lemmasSecurity Council Security Council n. (in full United Nations Security Council; also U.N. Security Council) a council of the United Nations (established 1945: see United Nations n.) charged with maintaining international peace and security and having fifteen member states, of which five (China, France, Britain, the United States, and Russia) are permanent and have the power of veto, the others being elected for two-year terms. ΚΠ 1944 Times 10 Oct. 5/6 Tentative proposals have been made for the establishment of a general international organization under the title of The United Nations. The proposals..deal with..its principal organs, including a General Assembly, a Security Council, and an International Court of Justice. 1968 Security Council Proc. Czechoslovakia 3 in Parl. Papers 1967–8 (Cmnd. 3757) XLII. 229 The Security Council met..on 21st August. After protracted debate, the Council agreed to the inscription of the item on Czechoslovakia on its agenda. 1989 M. Mathabane Kaffir Boy in Amer. (1990) v. 37 I was jubilant to read that the United Nations Security Council had finally adopted Resolution 435, detailing a plan for Namibian independence. 1992 Washington Times (Nexis) 4 Aug. f2 The ANC leader has recently returned from the United States, where he addressed the U.N. Security Council. 2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) ii. 61 The débâcle in the Security Council of the United Nations over the war in Iraq. < as lemmas |
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