(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) The United States will hold as of Tuesday the United Nations Security Council's presidency for December replacing Spain.
Under the Charter, the Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, all member states are obligated to comply with Council decisions.
It has 15 Members, and each Member has one vote, the permanent members of the Council known as the Permanent Five, Big Five, or P5, including China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, while the ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly (with end of term date): Jordan, Chile, Nigeria, Lithuania, Chad, Venezuela, New Zealand, Spain, Malaysia and Angola.
Jordan held over the presidency of the Security Council last April as well as in January 2014.
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