Security Council

noun

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

Examples of Security Council in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

President Iliana Yotova spoke to reporters after an emergency meeting of the country's Security Council following drone attacks on ships off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast. — Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

Iran’s current economic situation is among the most dire in its history, acknowledged Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, according to a report in Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency on Saturday. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

The Truman administration forwent congressional approval altogether and used United Nations Security Council resolutions to justify the intervention against Communist forces in the north, according to a White House news release from the time. — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

The list underscored some of the practical challenges facing the latest armed international mission in Haiti, the Gang Suppression Force, whose fate came before the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Security Council

• counsel