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, RussiaThe Five Permanent Members Of The UN Security Council. WorldAtlas.com Accessed 1 March 2022. Archived.,Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council. Security Council Report. Accessed 1 March 2022. Archived. the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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

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