Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council
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: China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States.
Leaders of the five permanent member states at a summit in 2000. Clockwise from front left: Chinese paramount leader Jiang Zemin, U.S. President Bill Clinton, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and French President Jacques Chirac.
Xi Jinping Paramount leader of the People's Republic of China since 15 November 2012
Emmanuel Macron President of theFrench Republic since 14 May 2017
Vladimir Putin President of theRussian Federation since 7 May 2012
Charter of the United Nations
The Charter of the United Nations (UN) is the foundational treaty of the United Nations. It establishes the purposes, governing structure, and overall framework of the UN system, including its six principal organs: the Secretariat, the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the International Court of Justice, and the Trusteeship Council.
UN Charter
The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is its second biggest centre after the UN headquarters in New York City.
United States World War II poster containing the Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations
World War II poster with the first line of the Preamble, "We the peoples of the United Nations"
