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: 24 Apr. 2024
UPDATE WEBSITE OF
THE PROCEDURE OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL, 4TH EDITION
by Loraine Sievers and Sam Daws, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2014
CHAPTER 4: Section 3 Changes
For 2024, the Security Council completes annual review of its agenda items
Council allows deletion of Guinea-Bissau item, signalling it has concluded its consideration, though contradictorily it maintains a sanctions regime and Committee
15 March 2024
On 4 March 2024, an update was published of the Summary Statement of matters of which the Security Council is seized indicating the retention, by request, of 14 older items which had been subject to deletion, and the
deletion of the Guinea-Bissau agenda item despite the fact that the Council retains a related sanctions regime
and Committee . . .
For 2023, the Security Council completes its annual review of its agenda items
1 March 2023
On 6 March 2023, an update will be published of the Summary statement of matters of which the Security Council is
seized which will indicate the results of the Council’s annual review of this important list of its agenda items,
including the deletion of two items . . .
Use of the ‘umbrella’ item ‘Maintenance of international peace and security’ for thematic debates
28 November 2022
In order to keep its Summary Statement as streamlined as possible, the Council uses specific agenda items for
thematic issues that are considered most regularly at formal meetings, and convenes other thematic meetings
under the general ‘umbrella’ agenda item, ‘Maintenance of international peace and security’ . . .
How the Security Council uses the “umbrella” agenda item “Peace and security in Africa”
30 July 2022
Beginning in 1997, the Security Council has developed a practice of using a general "umbrella" agenda item for
certain matters relating to Africa when the Council has deemed it advisable not to adopt a specific, targeted
agenda item . . .
For 2022, the Security Council completes its annual review of its agenda items
12 March 2022
On 7 March 2022, an update was published of the Summary statement of matters of which the Security Council is
seized which indicated the results of the Council’s annual review of this important list of its agenda items,
including the deletion of one item . . .
For 2021, Security Council completes annual review of its agenda items
29 March 2021
On 8 March 2021, an update was published of the Summary statement of matters of which the Security Council is seized which indicated that 14 agenda items subject to deletion were being retained for one year, and that three other items had been deleted . . .
On 11 December 2020, the Security Council considered the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea under “Other matters” during a Closed VTC, after China and the Russian Federation opposed holding the discussion as an Open VTC . . .
For 2019, Security Council completes annual review of its agenda items
11 March 2019
On 4 March 2019, the Security Council issued an update indicating the results of its annual review of the Summary statement of matters of which the Security Council is seized, an increasingly valuable resource for devising compromises when taking up new situations . . .
By presidential note, Council decides to create a new agenda item for ICTY/ICTR issues
Updated on 19 March 2018
In light of the fact that both the ICTY and ICTR had completed their work, on 2 February 2018, the Security Council issued a presidential note deciding that relevant issues would thereafter be considered under the item “International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals” . . .
Compromise on agenda item paves way for Council’s consideration of civil unrest in Iran
14 January 2018
On 5 January 2018, upon the initiative of the United States, the Security Council met to consider civil unrest in Iran. Rather than adopting a new, specific agenda item, the Council met under the existing general item, “The situation in the Middle East” . . .
Fourth procedural vote on DPRK human rights agenda item
26 December 2017
In a letter to the Security Council President dated 1 December 2017, nine Council members requested, pursuant to Rule 2 of the Provisional Rules of Procedure, that the Council convene to consider the situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea . . .
The Security Council’s monthly meetings on the Middle East
6 June 2017
The practice of holding a monthly meeting on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” – the Council’s official agenda item for the situation between the Palestinians and Israel – dates back to the year 2002 . . .
The Security Council’s review of its Summary Statement in 2017
16 March 2017
The Summary Statement of matters of which the Security Council is seized issued in early January 2017 listed 16 agenda items which were subject to deletion, because they had not been considered at a formal Council meeting during the prior 3-year period . . .
Third procedural vote on DPRK human rights agenda item
8 January 2017
In a letter to the Security Council President dated 1 December 2016, nine Council members requested, pursuant to Rule 2 of the Provisional Rules of Procedure, that the Council convene to consider the situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea . . .
The situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the Security Council
Revised on 16 August 2019
Three items relating to India and Pakistan remain on the Summary Statement of matters of which the Security Council is seized: “The India-Pakistan question”, “The Hyderabad question”, and “The situation in the India/Pakistan subcontinent” . . .
Council agenda items relating to peacekeeping and peace operations
31 December 2015
When the Council met on 20 November 2015 to consider the report of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations and the related report of the Secretary-General, it did so under the agenda item, “‘Maintenance of international peace and security” . . .
Sudanese agenda item reformulated to include South Sudan
1 November 2014
On 11 November 2013, by a Note by the President (S/2013/657), the Security Council decided that “issues pertaining to the Sudan and South Sudan, including the African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and Council resolution 2046 (2012) . . .