Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council

The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council

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: China, France, Russia^[1][a],^[2] the United Kingdom, and the United States.^[3][4]

The permanent members were all allies in World War II and are all countries with nuclear weapons.

Notes

1. "the Russian Federation took over the membership of the Soviet Union after dissolution."

References

1. The Five Permanent Members Of The UN Security Council. WorldAtlas.com Accessed 1 March 2022. Archived.
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3. "United Nations Charter (full text)". United Nations. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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