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: 18 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 7: Section 12 Changes
Self-defence under Charter Article 51 invoked in cases related to individuals
17 May 2020
On 8 January 2020, the United States wrote to the Security Council to report pursuant to Article 51 that it had “undertaken certain actions in the exercise of its inherent right of self-defence”, including “an operation on 2 January 2020 against leadership elements of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force" in Iraq . . .
A historical overview of reporting under Article 51 on actions taken in self-defence (with Table)
Updated on 13 January 2020
The right to self-defence, as preserved by Article 51 of the UN Charter, has frequently been invoked by many Member States to justify actions they have taken, especially when these actions have been challenged. However, a specific reporting requirement exists under Article 51 . . .
In 2018-19, cleavages widen over self-defence reported to the Council under Article 51 (with Table)
Updated on 15 November 2019
From 1 January 2018 to the present, eight letters reporting actions taken in self-defence, and possibly a ninth and tenth, have been sent to the Security Council, while other Member States have become more vocal in criticizing practices relating to reporting pursuant to Article 51 of the Charter . . .
Turkey characterizes attacks on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria as self-defence under Article 51
10 March 2018
On 20 January 2018, the same day that Turkey launched air and artillery strikes against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, the Turkish representative to the UN sent a letter to the Secretary-General and the Security Council President . . .
Reporting to the Council in 2016-17 pursuant to Article 51 on actions taken in self-defence
31 December 2017
From 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2017, seven letters reporting actions under Article 51 of the UN Charter were sent to the Security Council, five of which related to actions undertaken against ISIL/Da’esh . . .
Syria and Russian Federation report military assistance to Syria
12 December 2015
On 14 October 2015, the representative of Syria wrote to the Secretary-General and Council President informing them that the Russian Federation had “taken a number of measures in response to a request” from the Syrian Government “to provide military support for the counter-terrorism efforts of the Syrian Government and the Syrian Arab Army” . . .
Letters citing Article 51 sent to the Council in 2014 and 2015
17 December 2015
By a letter dated 10 December 2015, the German representative informed the Council President that in accordance with Article 51, Germany, “in the exercise of the right of collective self-defence, has initiated military measures” against ISIL . . .
Syria challenges Article 51 claims of Australia, Canada, France, UK, US
2 November 2015
By a letter dated 17 September 2015, the representative of Syria challenged the separate declarations by Australia, France, and the United Kingdom that the military measures they were carrying out in Syrian territory were justified under Article 51 of the Charter . . .