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The procedure of the UN Security Council

Author:
Sievers, Loraine
Published:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:
[Fourth edition] / Loraine Sievers and Sam Daws.
Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Additional Creators:
Daws, Sam
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Machine generated contents note: 1.The Constitutional Framework -- 1.Role of procedure -- 2.The Charter -- 3.Role and function of the Security Council -- 4.Provisional Rules of Procedure -- 5.Further documentation of procedures -- 2.Place and Format of Council Proceedings -- 1.Formats of meetings -- 2.Formal public (open) meetings -- 3.Formal private (closed) meetings -- 4.`Periodic meetings', summits, and high-level meetings -- 5.Thematic debates -- 6.`Orientation debates' -- 7.Wrap-up meetings -- 8.Meetings away from Headquarters -- 9.Place of meeting at Headquarters -- 10.Informal consultations of the whole -- 11.`Arria-formula' meetings and `Somavia-formula' meetings -- 12.Informal interactive dialogues or discussions -- 13.Other informal formats -- 14.Interpretation and translation -- 3.The People -- 1.The President -- 2.Permanent members -- 3.Non-permanent members -- 4.Regional and other groups -- 5.`Groups of Friends' -- 6.Political coordinators and experts -- 7.Credentials -- 8.Representation of China and of the Russian Federation -- 9.Permanent missions and representation -- 10.Secretary-General and the Secretariat -- 11.Individual actions can make a difference -- 4.The Council Convenes -- 1.Convening a meeting -- 2.Rejection of items -- 3.Agenda and Summary Statement of matters of which the Security Council is seized -- 4.No requirement of a quorum -- 5.Notice of meetings -- 6.Timing of meetings -- 5.Conduct of Meetings and Participation -- 1.States invited to participate in Council proceedings -- 2.Individuals invited to participate in Council proceedings -- 3.Participation of Palestinian officials -- 4.Order of speakers -- 5.`Right of reply' or `further statements' -- 6.Motions, proposals, and suggestions -- 7.`Blue' draft resolutions and order of submission -- 8.Non-member submission and co-sponsorship of resolutions -- 9.Amendments -- 10.Points of order -- 11.Precedence motions -- 12.Rulings by the President -- 13.`Stopping the clock' -- 6.Voting -- 1.Substantive decisions and the veto -- 2.Insufficient affirmative votes -- 3.Procedural matters and the `double veto' -- 4.Voting on the establishment of subsidiary organs -- 5.Voting on amendments -- 6.Separate voting on paragraphs -- 7.Interruption of voting -- 8.Unanimity, consensus, and adoption by acclamation -- 9.Abstentions -- 10.Non-participation in the vote -- 11.Absences -- 12.Finality of the voting process -- 13.Statements before or after the vote -- 14.Draft resolutions withdrawn or not brought to a vote -- 15.Reconsideration of texts not adopted -- 7.Decisions and Documents -- 1.Formats of decisions -- 2.Decisions in the context of the Charter -- 3.Resolutions -- 4.Statements by the President -- 5.Decisions to recommend appointments of Secretaries-General -- 6.Decisions relating to UN membership -- 7.Letters by the Council President -- 8.Notes by the President -- 9.Statements by the President to the press -- 10.Monthly forecast and calendar -- 11.Reports of the Secretary-General -- 12.Communications -- 13.Communications from private individuals and NGOs -- 14.Compendium documents -- 15.Categories of individual documents -- 8.Subsidiary Bodies -- 1.Military Staff Committee -- 2.Peacebuilding Commission -- 3.Subsidiary bodies concerned with Council procedure -- (a).Committee of Experts -- (b).Committee on Council Meetings away from Headquarters -- (c).Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions -- (d).Ad Hoc Committee on Mandate Review -- 4.Subsidiary bodies concerned with United Nations membership -- (a).Committee on the Admission of New Members -- (b).Committee of Experts established at the 1506th meeting concerning `mini-States' -- 5.Subsidiary bodies concerned with the maintenance of international peace and security -- (a).Fact-finding and other missions by Council members to the field -- (b).Subsidiary bodies concerned with peacekeeping -- (c).Political missions and offices -- (d).Subsidiary bodies concerned with the enforcement of international criminal law -- (e).Subsidiary bodies concerned with sanctions -- (f).Subsidiary bodies concerned with terrorism -- (g).Delisting focal point and Ombudsperson -- (h).Expert groups -- (i).Iraq-related subsidiary bodies -- 6.Thematic subsidiary bodies -- (a).Informal Working Group on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict -- (b).Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa -- (c).Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict -- 7.Appointment of bureaux of subsidiary bodies -- 8.Reporting by subsidiary bodies -- 9.Relations with Other Organs and Entities -- 1.General Assembly -- (a).Elections and appointments -- (b).Threats to peace and security -- (c).Special sessions of the General Assembly -- (d).Jurisdictional issues between the Security Council and the General Assembly -- (e).Coordination between Security Council and General Assembly Presidents -- (f).Subsidiary bodies of the General Assembly -- (g).Annual and special reports of the Security Council to the General Assembly -- (h).Financing peacekeeping operations -- 2.Economic and Social Council -- 3.Trusteeship Council -- 4.International Court of Justice -- 5.United Nations agencies, funds, and programmes -- 6.International Atomic Energy Agency -- 7.International Criminal Court -- 8.Special courts, tribunals, and investigative panels -- 9.Regional and subregional organizations -- (a).African Union -- (b).European Union -- (c).League of Arab States -- (d).North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- (e).Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe -- (f).Economic Community of West African States -- 10.Authorizations to States to carry out peace enforcement -- 10.Concluding Reflections.
Summary:
This text is a revised edition and contains new material documenting the extensive and rapid innovations in the UN Security Council's procedures of the past two decades. It provides insight into the inside workings of the world's pre-eminent body for the maintenance of international peace and security. Grounded in the history and politics of the Council, it describes the ways the Council has responded through its working methods to a changing world. It explains the Council's role in its wider UN Charter context and examines its relations with other UN organs and its own subsidiary bodies.
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ISBN:
9780191803741 (ebook)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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