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: 16 August 2024
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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 7: Section 5 Changes
ACT pushes for early action to strengthen the process of appointing Secretaries-General
29 October 2017
On 5 October 2017, the representative of Estonia, on behalf of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency Group (ACT), transmitted to the Secretary-General and the Assembly and Council Presidents a Note which he hoped would “serve as a reference for future selection processes” of Secretaries-General . . .
Security Council tribute to outgoing Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
9 January 2017
On 14 December 2016, the Security Council convened a public meeting under the agenda item, “Tribute to the outgoing Secretary-General”, at which it adopted by acclamation resolution 2324 (2016) acknowledging the contributions of Ban Ki-moon and expressing deep appreciation . . .
Letters from outgoing and incoming GA Presidents on Secretary-General appointment
29 September 2016
On 13 September 2016, the outgoing Assembly President addressed a letter to the Council President providing a recap of the “historic cooperation” whereby he had worked closely with the Council and the entire GA membership “to advance the process to select and appoint the next Secretary-General” . . .
Recommendation of multiple candidates for Secretary-General by the Security Council
10 June 2016
In theory, Article 97 of the Charter might be interpreted as permitting the recommendation by the Security Council of several candidates for Secretary-General, leaving the final choice of which candidate to appoint to the General Assembly . . .
When a Council member nominates its national for Secretary-General, is it restricted from participating in the Council’s recommendation process?
Article revised on 15 Sept. 2016
On 20 August 2016, the New Zealand Herald reported that during its Council Presidency in September 2016, New Zealand would hand over responsibility for carrying out straw polls on candidates for Secretary-General to the Russian Federation . . .
GA President announces that meetings with SG candidates will be held in April 2016
28 February 2016
On 25 February 2016, General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft sent letters to all UN Member States announcing his intention to begin holding informal dialogues with official candidates for Secretary-General from 12 to 14 April 2016 . . .
Joint Assembly-Council letter on appointing the Secretary-General
24 December 2015
On 15 December 2015, three months after the Assembly adopted its resolution 69/321, the Assembly President and the Council President , as requested by the resolution, sent to all UN Member States a joint letter on the process for selecting the next Secretary-General . . .
Is the process for recommending an SG a “procedural” or a “substantive” question?
4 October 2015
In recent public forums, a civil society participant has affirmed that proposals on how the Council handles the appointment process for the next Secretary-General will constitute “procedural” decisions . . .
General Assembly adopts resolution on selection of next Secretary-General
13 September 2015
On 11 September 2015, the General Assembly adopted resolution 69/321, which broke new ground by providing for new measures of “transparency and inclusiveness” in the selection process for the next Secretary-General . . .
Support by the Russian Federation for an Eastern European Secretary-General
6 September 2015
There had been speculation that the Russian Federation might veto candidates for Secretary-General from Eastern Europe out of distrust for the positions they might take concerning Russian actions relating to Ukraine. However, at a press conference on 2 September 2015, the Russian representative spoke unequivocally in support of electing an Eastern European as the next Secretary-General . . .
ACT proposes a more transparent, inclusive process for appointing the Secretary-General
5 July 2015
On 1 June 2015, the representative of Switzerland, in his capacity as Coordinator of the 27-member Accountability, Coherence and Transparency Group (ACT), transmitted to the Presidents of the Security Council and General Assembly the Group’s proposals for the process of appointing the next UN Secretary-General . . .