Security Council

noun

: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security

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His twin brother Eugene, who also served on the National Security Council, is serving as a Democratic congressman from Virginia. — Matt Brown, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026 But Juan Gonzalez, a former National Security Council senior director for the Western Hemisphere and a key architect of President Biden’s Latin America policy, told me that speaking more forcefully and having more influence are two different things. — Daniel Castro, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026 Architects might try to reform the UN Security Council or restore the WTO’s appellate body. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 The previous day, former IRGC commander Mohsen Rezaei, 71, was named secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and Khamenei's representative on the powerful body. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for Security Council

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First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Security Council was in 1944

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