MiMUN 2017 Topic in the Security Council is:

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(Re)negotiating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty with Israel, India, Pakistan and North Korea

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Subtopics are:

1. Encouraging the extension of the New START between the Russian Federation and the United States of America;

2. Discussing sanctions on North Korea due to the prohibited test of nuclear and ballistic missiles

 

The Security Council is composed of 15 Members:​

 

Five permanent members:

China,

France,

Russian Federation,

The United Kingdom,

The United States

As well as of ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly (with end of term date):

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Bolivia (2018),

Egypt (2017),

Ethiopia (2018),

Italy (2018),

Japan (2017),

Kazakhstan (2018),

Senegal (2017),

Sweden (2018),

Ukraine (2017),

Uruguay (2017).

 

Non-Council Member States

 

More than 60 United Nations Member States have never been Members of the Security Council.

 

A State which is a Member of the United Nations but not of the Security Council may participate, without a vote, in its discussions when the Council considers that that country's interests are affected. Both Members and non-members of the United Nations, if they are parties to a dispute being considered by the Council, may be invited to take part, without a vote, in the Council's discussions; the Council sets the conditions for participation by a non-member State.