Security Council

noun

: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security

Examples of Security Council in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For example, if the U.S. is committed to a two-state solution, and simply acknowledging the boundaries as determined by international legal decisions and U.N. Security Council resolutions is an easy start. —

Suriya Jayanti, TIME, 21 Sep. 2024 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to give a speech next Wednesday and appear at a special Security Council meeting. —

Richard Roth, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024 Security council to meet The 15-member United Nations Security Council is due to meet on Sept. 20 over the blasts. —

Reuters Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2024 Slotkin is a former CIA analyst who worked with George W. Bush's National Security Council and was tapped to oversee international security as an assistant defense secretary in the Obama administration. —

Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Security Council

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Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of Security Council was in 1944

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