Five members belonging to the Non-Aligned Movement will sit on the Security Council in 2022

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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 . . .

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Five members belonging to the Non-Aligned Movement will sit on the Security Council in 2022

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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 . . .

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Five members belonging to the Non-Aligned Movement will sit on the Security Council in 2022

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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 . . .

Read More

Five members belonging to the Non-Aligned Movement will sit on the Security Council in 2022

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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 . . .

Read More

Five members belonging to the Non-Aligned Movement will sit on the Security Council in 2022

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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 . . .

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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 . . .

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CHAPTER 2: PLACE AND FORMAT OF COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

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Updates to Chapter 2 include new developments relating to open and thematic debates, wrap-up meetings, and informal meeting formats.

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1. Formats of meetings

 

2. Formal public (open) meetings   Updated on 15 Apr. 2020

 

3. Formal private (closed) meetings  Updated on 5 Nov. 2019

 

4. ‘Periodic meetings’, summits, and high-level meetings   Updated on 13 Oct. 2019

 

5. Thematic debates   Updated on 30 July 2016

 

6. ‘Orientation debates’ 

 

7. Wrap-up meetings     Updated on 30 January 2020

 

8. Meetings away from Headquarters   Updated on 7 Jan. 2020

 

9. Place of meeting at Headquarters    Updated on 12 Sept. 2020

 

10. Informal consultations of the whole   Updated on 15 Sept. 2016

 

11. ‘Arria-formula’ meetings and ‘Somavía-formula’ meetings   Updated on 30 April 2020

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12. Informal interactive dialogues or discussions  Updated on 1 Aug. 2022

 

13. Other informal formats   Updated on 30 Nov. 2019

 

14. Interpretation and translation

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