Definition of Security Council

1. Noun. A permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for preserving world peace.

Exact synonyms: Sc
Group relationships: Un, United Nations
Generic synonyms: Council

Definition of Security Council

1. Proper noun. The UN Security Council. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Security Council

Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of State
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the Treasury
Section Eight
Sectral
Securitate
Securities and Exchange Commission
Security Council (current term)
Security Intelligence Review Committee
Security Service
Sedalia
Seder
Sedna
Sedum acre
Sedum rosea
Sedum telephium
Seebeck effect
Seeger
Seeland
Seeligmuller's sign
Seessel's pocket
Seessel's pouch

Literary usage of Security Council

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Preventing Deadly Conflict edited by David A. Hamburg, Cyrus R. Vance (1998)
"Reform of the Security Council There is a compelling need to enlarge and modernize the Security Council to ensure that its membership reflects the world of ..."

2. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"The Security Council The Security Council consists of eleven Members, ... The Security Council bean tbc primary responsibility for the maintenance of peace ..."

3. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1921)
"There have been comments in some quarters that India committed a serious blunder in referring the Kashmere case to the Security Council under Chapter VI ..."

4. United Nations System, The; The Policies of Member States by Chadwick F. Alger, Gene Martin Lyons, John E. Trent (1995)
"wealth of experience and practical skills goes some way in justifying the British retention of its position of privilege in the Security Council and ..."

5. Sudan, Oil, and Human Rights by Jemera Rone (2003)
"to unilateral sanctions such as the US imposed on Cuba, which affected Canadian businesses.1242 Canadian Initiative at UN Security Council Blocked, ..."

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