The United States is the only permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
The United States emerged from as a global superpower , the first country to develop nuclear weapons , the only country to use them in warfare , and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council -LRB- also known as the Permanent Five , Big Five , or P5 -RRB- are the five states which the UN Charter of 1945 grants a permanent seat on the UN Security Council -LRB- UNSC -RRB- : China , France , Russia -LRB- formerly the Soviet Union -RRB- , the United Kingdom , and the United States.
