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Why must United Nations Security Council members be represented at UN headquarters at all times?
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The United Nations Security Council meeting in 2014.
The United Nations Security Council is required to function continuously to fulfill its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. Because of this mandate to operate without interruption, each member of the Security Council must be represented at all times at the UN headquarters in New York City.1