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
Updated on 26 February 2016
Chapter 8: SUBSIDIARY BODIES
Section 5(a): Fact-finding and other missions by Council members to the field
Council business conducted at Headquarters while a Council mission is in the field
On page 493, the book explains that “The various types of ‘Security Council missions’ to the field, during the time when they are in process, are considered to be subsidiary bodies of the Security Council.” This means that just as the Security Council can conduct business at UN Headquarters at the same time that a Council sanctions committee or working group is meeting, so, too, can the Council conduct business at Headquarters while representatives of Council members are on a mission to the field.
In this connection, it will be recalled that Article 28(1) of the Charter provides that the Council “shall be so organized as to be able to function continuously”, and that each Council member “shall for this purpose be represented at all times at the seat of the Organization”.
In order that the Security Council will remain fully functional at Headquarters during a mission to the field, often the Permanent Representative of the country holding that month’s Council Presidency will remain at Headquarters, and another diplomat from that country will go on the Council mission. This was the arrangement followed by Uruguay during its Presidency for the month of January 2016, during which the fifteen members of the Council undertook a mission to Burundi and Addis Ababa.
However, when representatives of Council members are on a mission to the field, the Council tries to minimize its activity at UN Headquarters so as not to undercut the importance of the mission taking place. Yet occasionally, matters arise which cannot await the return to New York of the Council representatives travelling abroad, in which case the Council proceeds to conduct business at Headquarters at the same time.
Two such instances occurred during the Council’s mission to Africa from 21 to 23 January 2016: On 21 January, the Permanent Representative of Uruguay, in his capacity as Council President, issued a press statement on behalf of the Council on the terrorist attack which took place in Kabul on 20 January (press release SC/12215). On 22 January, he issued a press statement on behalf of the Council on the attack perpetrated by Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia, earlier that same day (press release SC/12216). (This update supplements pages 492 to 498 of the book.)