page_title: Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council
hierarchical_section_title: Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council
caption_attribution_description: English: The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.Magyar: Az Egyesült Nemzetek Szervezete Biztonsági Tanácsának állandó tagjai.Bosanski: Stalne članice Vijeća sigurnosti Ujedinjenih naroda.Hrvatski: Stalne članice Vijeća sigurnosti Ujedinjenih naroda.Српски (ћирилица)‎: Сталне чланице Савета безбедности Уједињених нација.Srpski (latinica)‎: Stalne članice Saveta bezbednosti Ujedinjenih nacija.Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Stalne članice Saveta bezbednosti Ujedinjenih nacija.
context_page_description: The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council are the five sovereign states to whom the UN Charter of 1945 grants a permanent seat on the UN Security Council: the People's Republic of China, the French Republic, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America.
  The permanent members were all allies in World War II, and are also all states with nuclear weapons. The remaining 10 members of the Council are elected by the General Assembly, giving a total of 15 UN member states. All five permanent members have the power of veto, which enables anyone of them to prevent the adoption of any "substantive" draft Council resolution, regardless of its level of international support.
context_section_description: The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (also known as the Permanent Five, Big Five, or P5) are the five sovereign states to whom the UN Charter of 1945 grants a permanent seat on the UN Security Council: the People's Republic of China (formerly the Republic of China), the French Republic, the Russian Federation (formerly the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America.
  The permanent members were all allies in World War II (and the victors of that war), and are also all states with nuclear weapons (though not all five had developed nuclear weapons prior to the formation of the United Nations). The remaining 10 members of the Council are elected by the General Assembly, giving a total of 15 UN member states. All five permanent members have the power of veto, which enables anyone of them to prevent the adoption of any "substantive" draft Council resolution, regardless of its level of international support.
caption: The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
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