THE SECURITY COUNCIL 'UKRAINIAN CRISIS'
The Security Council is one of the main UN bodies whose mandate derives directly from the UN Charter. Its responsibility is to consider and resolve conflicts that threatens international peace and security. It consists of 15 Member States - 5 permanent and 10 non-permanent that are elected by General Assembly for two years term. Permanent Members are China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States. These states have a so called "veto power" which means that each of them can block every substantive decision of the Council.
According to the international law the United Nations Security Council has an exclusise right to decide about the usage of military force. The Council takes its decisions to apply varous non-military or military means through resolutions that are binding to the UN Member States and to some extend also to parties that remain outside of an organization. It can also invite to its meetings any party (official, observer, UN Member State that currently does not have a seat in the Council etc.) that is considered appropriate to help resolving any issue being discussed.
The Council will meet to consider the crisis in Ukraine. The situation remains unstable as pro-Russian groups are attacking public buildings and fighting with security forces in the Eatern part of the country. The Council is to identify the root cause of this instability and find measures to address it in order to avoid further escalation that could bring Europe on the verge of war.