United Nations Security Council

United Nations Security Council appears in roughly 88 monitored articles per day as of August 20, 2026. Mentions are down 58.5% week-over-week. The tone of that coverage averages -1.04 — mildly negative.

The United Nations Security Council is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, and is the United Nations' executive branch, having primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. Its powers, outlined in the UN Charter, include establishing peacekeeping operations, authorizing military action, and imposing international sanctions. Under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, the Council may identify threats to international peace, determine breaches of that peace, and authorize responses up to and including the use of force. It is the only UN body with the authority to adopt binding international law by issuing resolutions binding on all member states. The Council also recommends the admission of new member states to the UN General Assembly, and approves changes to the Charter. It is led by the President of the Security Council, which rotates between the current members on a monthly basis. The United Nations Secretary General is empowered by the UN Charter to "bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security".

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Also covered as: UNSC, Security Council · Wikidata

Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

Articles / day
88
mentioning this entity
Week over week
-58.5%
7-day mean vs prior
Tone
-1.04
mildly negative

Coverage volume, last 90 days

United Nations Security Council mentions per day: 91 days, latest 88.00 on 2026-08-200.0010002000May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

United Nations Security Council coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -1.04 on 2026-08-20+50-5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

Daily Wikipedia pageviews for United Nations Security Council: 89 days, latest 756.00 on 2026-08-180.00500010000May 22Jun 6Jun 21Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 18

Daily human pageviews of the entity's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage above measures what the press SUPPLIES; this measures what readers DEMAND — divergence between the two is its own signal.

Mentions counted via a quoted-name query against the GDELT DOC API, aggregated to UTC days — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).