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Five countries have held a permanent seat — and the power to block any resolution — since the United Nations was founded in 1945.

Which five countries hold permanent seats with veto power on the UN Security Council?

Q: Which five countries hold permanent seats with veto power on the UN Security Council?

The US, UK, France, Russia, and China. These five victors of World War II were given permanent seats and veto power under the UN Charter, a structure that has remained unchanged despite decades of reform proposals, and the council also has ten rotating, non-permanent members elected for two-year terms without veto power.

The US, UK, France, Russia, and China ✓
The US, Germany, Japan, India, and Brazil
The US, UK, Russia, China, and India

The US, UK, France, Russia, and China
These five victors of World War II were given permanent seats and veto power under the UN Charter, a structure that has remained unchanged despite decades of reform proposals, and the council also has ten rotating, non-permanent members elected for two-year terms without veto power.

The US, UK, France, Russia, and China is correct — these five countries, the main victorious powers of World War II, were granted permanent seats and veto power on the UN Security Council when the United Nations was founded in 1945, and that structure has never changed.

Germany, Japan, India, and Brazil are all major world powers today and have at times pushed for permanent seats of their own, but none currently holds one, so any option mixing them into the permanent five is incorrect.

The Security Council also includes ten rotating members elected for two-year terms, but they lack veto power, meaning any of the five permanent members can single-handedly block a resolution regardless of how the other fourteen members vote.

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