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
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 6 Changes
Palestine’s request for reconsideration of its 2011 application for UN membership raises several procedural issues
7 April 2024
On 2 April 2024, the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine wrote a letter conveying the request of the
“Palestinian leadership” that the Security Council give “renewed consideration” in April to Palestine’s 2011
application for UN membership. The Security Council's role in the admission of States to the UN is governed by
Charter Article 4 and Council Rules 58, 59 and 60 . . .
“North Macedonia” name dispute is settled, resolving issue first dealt with by Council in 1993
Revision on 11 March 2019
After 27 years of negotiations, in February 2019, the capitals of Athens and Skopje reached agreement that the name “Republic of North Macedonia” would become the official title of the country which, pursuant to a 1993 Security Council resolution, had been known as “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” . . .
2019 application by Palestine for UN membership likely to repeat history of earlier unsuccessful bid
Revision on 11 March 2019
On 26 December 2018, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki announced that the following year, Palestine would present a new application for UN membership. On 15 January 2019, both Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Al-Malki said that the initiative would be be forthcoming within a few weeks . . .
With respect to DPRK, Council recalls its Article 5 power to recommend that the GA suspend a Member State’s rights and privileges
9 January 2017
Resolution 2321 (2016) condemned the DPRK’s nuclear test on 9 September 2016 and recalled that the Council has the power to recommend that a Member State against which preventive or enforcement action has been taken should be suspended from the exercise of the rights and privileges of UN membership . . .
Adding to the record a failed 1974 proposal to expel South Africa pursuant to Article 6 of the UN Charter
1 February 2015
On page 423 of the book, we stated that the Security Council had never discussed or recommended the suspension or expulsion of any UN Member State. In fact, in October 1974, Kenya, Mauritania, Cameroon and Iraq co-sponsored a draft resolution . . .