The procedure of the UN Security Council / Loraine Sievers and Sam Daws.
2014
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Author
Title
The procedure of the UN Security Council / Loraine Sievers and Sam Daws.
Published
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Call Number
KZ5038 .B34 2014
Edition
Fourth edition.
ISBN
9780199685295
0199685290
0199685290
Description
xviii, 725 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)879398355
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 682-690) and index.
Other Editions
Revision of: Bailey, Sydney D. (Sydney Dawson), 1916-1995. Procedure of the UN Security Council. 3rd ed. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998 0198280734 (DLC) 98174800
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Variant Title
Procedure of the United Nations Security Council
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Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures
xv
List of Key Abbreviations and Acronyms
xvi
1.
The Constitutional Framework
1
1.
Role of procedure
2
2.
The Charter
4
3.
Role and function of the Security Council
6
4.
Provisional Rules of Procedure
9
5.
Further documentation of procedures
12
2.
Place and Format of Council Proceedings
19
1.
Formats of meetings
19
2.
Formal public (open) meetings
21
3.
Formal private (closed) meetings
28
4.
`Periodic meetings', summits, and high-level meetings
39
5.
Thematic debates
44
6.
`Orientation debates'
51
7.
Wrap-up meetings
52
8.
Meetings away from Headquarters
56
9.
Place of meeting at Headquarters
60
10.
Informal consultations of the whole
65
11.
`Arria-formula' meetings and `Somavia-formula' meetings
74
12.
Informal interactive dialogues or discussions
92
13.
Other informal formats
94
14.
Interpretation and translation
97
3.
The People
110
1.
The President
110
2.
Permanent members
125
3.
Non-permanent members
127
4.
Regional and other groups
142
5.
`Groups of Friends'
148
6.
Political coordinators and experts
150
7.
Credentials
152
8.
Representation of China and of the Russian Federation
157
9.
Permanent missions and representation
160
10.
Secretary-General and the Secretariat
161
11.
Individual actions can make a difference
180
4.
The Council Convenes
193
1.
Convening a meeting
193
2.
Rejection of items
212
3.
Agenda and Summary Statement of matters of which the Security Council is seized
215
4.
No requirement of a quorum
233
5.
Notice of meetings
235
6.
Timing of meetings
235
5.
Conduct of Meetings and Participation
243
1.
States invited to participate in Council proceedings
243
2.
Individuals invited to participate in Council proceedings
251
3.
Participation of Palestinian officials
256
4.
Order of speakers
259
5.
`Right of reply' or `further statements'
264
6.
Motions, proposals, and suggestions
265
7.
`Blue' draft resolutions and order of submission
269
8.
Non-member submission and co-sponsorship of resolutions
272
9.
Amendments
274
10.
Points of order
276
11.
Precedence motions
278
12.
Rulings by the President
286
13.
`Stopping the clock'
287
6.
Voting
295
1.
Substantive decisions and the veto
296
2.
Insufficient affirmative votes
316
3.
Procedural matters and the `double veto'
318
4.
Voting on the establishment of subsidiary organs
327
5.
Voting on amendments
330
6.
Separate voting on paragraphs
332
7.
Interruption of voting
335
8.
Unanimity, consensus, and adoption by acclamation
335
9.
Abstentions
339
10.
Non-participation in the vote
350
11.
Absences
352
12.
Finality of the voting process
355
13.
Statements before or after the vote
357
14.
Draft resolutions withdrawn or not brought to a vote
359
15.
Reconsideration of texts not adopted
361
7.
Decisions and Documents
373
1.
Formats of decisions
374
2.
Decisions in the context of the Charter
380
3.
Resolutions
393
4.
Statements by the President
397
5.
Decisions to recommend appointments of Secretaries-General
404
6.
Decisions relating to UN membership
415
7.
Letters by the Council President
426
8.
Notes by the President
429
9.
Statements by the President to the press
431
10.
Monthly forecast and calendar
434
11.
Reports of the Secretary-General
436
12.
Communications
437
13.
Communications from private individuals and NGOs
444
14.
Compendium documents
444
15.
Categories of individual documents
446
8.
Subsidiary Bodies
460
1.
Military Staff Committee
467
2.
Peacebuilding Commission
472
3.
Subsidiary bodies concerned with Council procedure
479
(a).
Committee of Experts
479
(b).
Committee on Council Meetings away from Headquarters
480
(c).
Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions
481
(d).
Ad Hoc Committee on Mandate Review
487
4.
Subsidiary bodies concerned with United Nations membership
490
(a).
Committee on the Admission of New Members
490
(b).
Committee of Experts established at the 1506th meeting concerning `mini-States'
491
5.
Subsidiary bodies concerned with the maintenance of international peace and security
492
(a).
Fact-finding and other missions by Council members to the field
492
(b).
Subsidiary bodies concerned with peacekeeping
498
(c).
Political missions and offices
512
(d).
Subsidiary bodies concerned with the enforcement of international criminal law
514
(e).
Subsidiary bodies concerned with sanctions
519
(f).
Subsidiary bodies concerned with terrorism
535
(g).
Delisting focal point and Ombudsperson
542
(h).
Expert groups
544
(i).
Iraq-related subsidiary bodies
546
6.
Thematic subsidiary bodies
551
(a).
Informal Working Group on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict
552
(b).
Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa
552
(c).
Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict
554
7.
Appointment of bureaux of subsidiary bodies
556
8.
Reporting by subsidiary bodies
559
9.
Relations with Other Organs and Entities
572
1.
General Assembly
572
(a).
Elections and appointments
574
(b).
Threats to peace and security
574
(c).
Special sessions of the General Assembly
581
(d).
Jurisdictional issues between the Security Council and the General Assembly
582
(e).
Coordination between Security Council and General Assembly Presidents
584
(f).
Subsidiary bodies of the General Assembly
585
(g).
Annual and special reports of the Security Council to the General Assembly
585
(h).
Financing peacekeeping operations
590
2.
Economic and Social Council
592
3.
Trusteeship Council
596
4.
International Court of Justice
597
5.
United Nations agencies, funds, and programmes
606
6.
International Atomic Energy Agency
607
7.
International Criminal Court
610
8.
Special courts, tribunals, and investigative panels
619
9.
Regional and subregional organizations
626
(a).
African Union
630
(b).
European Union
636
(c).
League of Arab States
641
(d).
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
641
(e).
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
649
(f).
Economic Community of West African States
649
10.
Authorizations to States to carry out peace enforcement
653
10.
Concluding Reflections
670
Select Bibliography
682
Index
691