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: 7 March 2025
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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 6: Section 3 Changes
Two procedural votes on the agenda during March 2024 raise several contentious issues
1 April 2024
On 25 March 2024, a procedural vote requested by France and the United States on holding a meeting
requested by the Russian Federation led to the meeting not going forward, and revealed strong disagreement
among some members over the relevant procedures . . .
Eight points on ‘preliminary question’ or ‘double veto’ in context of Iran snapback mechanism
Eight points on ‘preliminary question’ or ‘double veto’ in context of Iran snapback mechanism
Posted on 16 August 2020
There is presently widespread discussion on social media about the so-called ‘double veto’ and how it might impact on an attempt by the United States to initiate the snapback mechanism set out in resolution 2231 (2015) to reimpose sanctions against Iran. Because this discussion has included some misunderstandings, this article provides some clarifications . . .
Patterns of Security Council procedural votes since 2000
Updated on 13 January 2025
Since the start of this millennium, 31 procedural votes have been held at formal Security Council meetings, and there are signs that this may be an increasing trend: Since 2014, there has been at least one procedural vote per year except in
2021, with a high of eight occurring in 2024. Five procedural votes took place in the first decade, and thirteen in the
second decade. Thirteen have occurred so far since 2020 . . .