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Greece officially assumes, today Thursday, the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council for the current month of October, succeeding France.
The Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations, Ambassador Aglaya Balta, will hold a press conference this afternoon, during which she will brief the accredited press on the Council's program of work after the Security Council approves the program in a morning session.
The Council consists of 15 countries, each with one vote, including five permanent members with the right of veto, namely: France, China, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and 10 non-permanent members elected for a two-year term by the General Assembly according to the approved geographical distribution, which, in addition to Greece, include: Denmark, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Colombia, Bahrain, Somalia, Liberia, Latvia, Pakistan, and Panama.
The Security Council is one of the six main organs of the United Nations, which include the Secretariat, the General Assembly, the International Court of Justice, in addition to the Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council, the latter being ineffective.
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