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 . . .

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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 3: Section 1—The President CHANGES
Viet Nam, joining the Council in 2020, will immediately serve as January Council President
22 December 2019
Given the complex matters on the Security Council’s agenda, coupled with its increasingly intricate procedures, coming up to speed is a daunting task for incoming elected members. This is all the more the case when a new member serves as Council President in the very first month of its term . . .
German Council presidency employs hourglass in new attempt to curb overly long remarks
5 April 2019
At a 3 April 2019 meeting on Haiti, the German Council presidency initiated use of an 18-inch wooden hourglass, the latest attempt in the Council to tame the inclination of speakers to continue well past the attention span of their listeners . . .
Unprecedented “twinned” Council presidencies of France and Germany portend risks and rewards
11 March 2019
Because of the alphabetical rotation of Security Council presidencies, those of France and Germany occur sequentially in March and April 2019. Taking advantage of this coincidence, the two Council members decided upon a “jumelage” or “twinning” of their presidencies . . .
Syria complains that Council President refuses request to meet
12 December 2015
Because the Council’s programme of work for November 2015 included meetings on several issues which involve Syria, the representative of Syria reported that he had asked the Council President (United Kingdom) to meet with him for consultations . . .
Representatives who have served the most terms as Council President
13 September 2015
Ambassador U. Joy Ogwu is unique, in that she is the only permanent representative of an elected member to have represented her country during two different terms on the Security Council, 2010-2011 and 2014-2015, during which she has held the Council presidency four times . . .
‘Quiet diplomacy’ by the Council President and a sanctions committee Chair
24 December 2015
At a Council meeting held on 17 December 2015 (S/PV.7586), a briefing was given by the outgoing Chair of the sanctions committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) . . .
27 August 2014
During its August 2014 Council presidency, the United Kingdom activated a flashing light system to signal speakers when they reached the limit of their allotted time, thereby encouraging them to conclude their remarks.