UN Headquarters

View of Security Council Chamber

16 July 2020

Light falls on empty chairs in the Security Council Chamber.

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.

Download

Download content

1 asset available

You need to first accept the terms and conditions before download.

Subject to the Terms of usage of UN Photo, UN Photo materials are available free of charge for news purposes only. UN Photo materials may not be sold or redistributed to third parties without the prior written consent of the UN or the UN entity which is source of the UN Photo material. All users of UN Photo materials must provide due credit to the United Nations or any UN entity source(s) in their use and broadcast of UN Photo materials.