China

East Asia

Russia

Eurasia

France

United Kingdom

Europe

United States

North America

A world map highlights permanent member countries of the U N Security Council in blue. The countries highlighted are the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China.

Countries comprising the United Nations (UN) Security Council, which is charged with maintaining international peace and security as well as accepting new members into the UN.

Countries

World

United Nations Security Council: Permanent Members

Indian Ocean Ter. (Australia)

Australia

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

Norfolk I. (Australia)

Niue (New Zealand)

Nauru

Pitcairn Is. (U.K.)

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (U.K.)

St. Helena (U.K.)

Samoa

Kiribati

Palau

French Polynesia (France)

American Samoa (U.S.)

Fiji

Micronesia

Guam (U.S.)

Marshall Is.

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Is.

Tuvalu

Australia & Oceania

Caribbean Netherlands (Neth.)

St. Barthélemy (France)

Grenada

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Martin (France)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Aruba (Neth.)

Anguilla (U.K.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Bermuda (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Dominica

St. Lucia

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

Trinidad and Tobago

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Barbados

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Jamaica

Seychelles

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Cuba

Martinique (France)

Caribbean

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

South Korea

Macau S.A.R. (China)

North Korea

Taiwan

Germany

Finland

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Iceland

Montserrat (U.K.)

Netherlands

Cyprus

Spain

Estonia

Albania

Denmark

Greece

Croatia

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Malta

Norway

Portugal

Guernsey (U.K.)

Jersey (U.K.)

Chile

Belize

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Panama

El Salvador

Nicaragua

Latin America

Mayotte (France)

Guadeloupe (France)

French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France)

Falkland Is. (U.K.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Heard I. and McDonald Is. (Australia)

British Indian Ocean Territory (U.K.)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

St. Pierre and Miquelon (France)

New Caledonia (France)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

Mauritius

Vanuatu

Wallis and Futuna Is. (France)

Curaçao (Neth.)

Sint Maarten (Neth.)

Réunion (France)

None

Canada

Mexico

Maldives

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Singapore

Indonesia

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Malaysia

Philippines

Southeast Asia

United Arab Emirates

Bahrain

Oman

Qatar

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Comoros

Gabon

Cabo Verde

Djibouti

Gambia

Equatorial Guinea

Sierra Leone

Guinea-Bissau

Madagascar

Mozambique

Eritrea

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map shows marine sediment thickness in meters. Areas with the least thickness cover much of the North and South Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The highest thickness is found in the Gulf of Mexico and parts of the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Marine Sediment Thickness

Areas with the least sediment thickness, ranging from 0 to 149 meters, are marked in light orange and include vast stretches of the North Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, and South Atlantic Ocean. These regions also encompass areas near the western coasts of North and South America, including the coastal areas of the United States, Mexico, Central America, and South American countries such as Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile. The Mediterranean Sea, parts of the Indian Ocean, and areas surrounding New Zealand and the Philippines also fall within this range.Regions with sediment thickness ranging from 150 to 299 meters, shown in medium orange, are found in parts of the North Atlantic Ocean, particularly off the eastern coast of the United States and near the Caribbean, covering areas such as Cuba, Guatemala, and parts of Costa Rica. Other notable regions include parts of the western Indian Ocean near Madagascar and parts of the South Pacific Ocean.Areas receiving sediment thickness between 300 and 749 meters, highlighted in orange, cover significant portions of the North Atlantic Ocean, particularly near the eastern coast of Canada, Greenland, and Iceland. This range also includes parts of the North Sea near the United Kingdom and Norway, the Mediterranean Sea near Italy, Spain, and Greece, and the southwestern Pacific Ocean.Regions with sediment thickness from 750 meters to 1 kilometer, marked in dark orange, cover smaller sections of the world's oceans but include notable areas such as the eastern coast of North and South America and parts of the western Indian Ocean near Africa. It also includes areas near Arctic and Antarctic ocean.Light red areas, indicating sediment thickness from 1 to 2 kilometers, include regions of the North Atlantic Ocean, particularly off the eastern coast of North America, the Caribbean, and parts of the Mediterranean Sea near Spain and Italy.The highest sediment thickness, ranging from 10 to 18 kilometers, represented in dark red, is concentrated in areas such as the Gulf of Mexico, off the southeastern coast of the United States, and parts of the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

United Nations Security Council: Permanent Members	Marine Sediment Thickness
Value	0 - 149	150 - 299	300 - 749	750 - 1,499	1,500 - 2,999	3,000 - 7,499	7,500 - 9,999	10,000 - 18,334

	54.6%	3.39%	17.3%	2.37%
			100%	17.5%	5.40%	16.7%	3.60%	100%
		1.16%	2.25%	11.6%	1.30%	2.32%
	3.15%	3.39%	2.36%	1.72%	1.81%	8.86%	94.1%
		5.56%	2.09%	1.75%	1.38%
	39.2%	4.73%	40.6%	57.0%	6.71%	100%
	1.08%		1.09%
		100%		5.08%	4.51%	1.51%		1.64%
				10.3%	6.56%
				1.37%	1.22%	9.76%
				2.64%	1.26%	3.74%	6.56%