Five members belonging to the Non-Aligned Movement will sit on the Security Council in 2022
11 October 2021
Of the countries serving terms on the Security Council in 2022, five will be full members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM): Gabon, Ghana, India, Kenya and the United Arab Emirates, representing a drop of one from the 2021 Council . . .
Five members belonging to the Non-Aligned Movement will sit on the Security Council in 2022
11 October 2021
Of the countries serving terms on the Security Council in 2022, five will be full members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM): Gabon, Ghana, India, Kenya and the United Arab Emirates, representing a drop of one from the 2021 Council . . .
Five members belonging to the Non-Aligned Movement will sit on the Security Council in 2022
11 October 2021
Of the countries serving terms on the Security Council in 2022, five will be full members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM): Gabon, Ghana, India, Kenya and the United Arab Emirates, representing a drop of one from the 2021 Council . . .
Five members belonging to the Non-Aligned Movement will sit on the Security Council in 2022
11 October 2021
Of the countries serving terms on the Security Council in 2022, five will be full members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM): Gabon, Ghana, India, Kenya and the United Arab Emirates, representing a drop of one from the 2021 Council . . .
Five members belonging to the Non-Aligned Movement will sit on the Security Council in 2022
11 October 2021
Of the countries serving terms on the Security Council in 2022, five will be full members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM): Gabon, Ghana, India, Kenya and the United Arab Emirates, representing a drop of one from the 2021 Council . . .
Vetoes, insufficient votes and competing draft resolutions accentuate divisions within the Council
2 April 2022
Since 2000, and especially since 2010, there has been a marked increase in divisive votes in the Security Council,
which reflects the fact that some Council members are now less willing to shield the Council's divisions from
public view. In part, this reflects the polarizing nature of some key items more recently before the Council . . .
Last Update: 20 November 2024
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THE PROCEDURE OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL, 4TH EDITION
by Loraine Sievers and Sam Daws, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2014
CHAPTER 1: Section 5 Changes
Compendium of Council's 16 currently operative presidential notes on its working methods
25 August. 2023
The two presidential notes on Council working methods adopted in 2023 with Albania as Chair of the Informal
Working Group on documentation and procedure, the five presidential notes on working methods adopted in
2021 with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as Chair, and the eight 2019 notes adopted with Kuwait as Chair,
when added to the comprehensive 2017 note adopted with Japan as Chair, bring the total number of operative
paragraphs in the currently valid 16 presidential notes on working methods to a total of 174. Provided here is a
Compendium melding together, by topic, the contents of all 16 notes . . .
In 2021, under chairmanship of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Informal Working Group on documentation and procedure adopts five presidential notes
Updated on 1 April 2022
On 12 July 2021, the Security Council adopted four Notes by the President based on negotiations carried out in
the Informal Working Group on documentation and procedure (IWG) under the chairmanship of Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines. On 21 December 2021, the Council adopted its fifth presidential note on working methods
of that year . . .
German presidency sets out guidelines on modalities for in-person Council meetings in July (with floor plan)
14 July 2020
On 1 July 2020, the permanent representative of Germany, in his capacity as Council President, addressed a letter to all Council members confirming the Council’s intention “to undertake a gradual and phased shift towards in-person meetings of the Council at Headquarters . . ."
Council members reach agreement to livestream their Open VTCs during COVID-19
20 April 2020
On 17 April, the Council members reached agreement to webcast their Open VTCs in their entirety during COVID-19. The first VTC to be fully livestreamed will be on “Protecting civilians from conflict-induced hunger” on 21 April . . .
Under Dominican Republic’s April presidency, Council expands its interim measures
2 April 2020
While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to keep the UN premises inaccessible, the Dominican Republic Council presidency for April attained the agreement of the other Council members to bring more of their deliberations into the public sphere through expanded interim measures . . .
Security Council agrees on interim measures for voting and meeting during COVID-19
29 March 2020
On 27 March 2020, the Security Council members agreed on “temporary, extraordinary and provisional measures” for enabling the Council to vote and meet electronically during restrictions on movement in New York due to the COVID-19 pandemic . . .
In 2019, under chairmanship of Kuwait, the Council’s Informal Working Group on documentation and procedure adopted a record number of presidential notes
30 January 2020
On 27 December 2019, the Security Council adopted a record number of Notes by the President based on two years of negotiations in the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions, under the chairmanship of Kuwait . . .
Compendium integrating the nine present Notes by the President on Council working methods
25 January 2020
With respect to the Council’s working methods, SCProcedure has prepared an unofficial compendium integrating, in a single document, all the new provisions introduced by notes S/2019/990 to 997 with the comprehensive presidential note S/2017/507 . . .
Importance of implementing Note 507 on working methods emphasized by ACT and Japan
31 December 2017
On 8 October 2017, the representative of Switzerland, on behalf of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency Group, welcomed the adoption of presidential note S/2017/507, whereby the Council consolidated and expanded upon its working methods . . .