The Security Council's annual report covers questions considered by the Security Council and matters brought to its attention as well as the work of the Council's subsidiary bodies during the reporting period (1 August - 31 July). In addition, it contains annexes relating, inter alia, to the membership of the Council, the representatives accredited to it, Presidents in the reporting period as well as meetings held and actions taken by the Council and its subsidiary bodies.

Reports of the Security Council Missions since 1992

United Nations resolutions are formal expressions of the opinion or will of United Nations organs. They generally consist of two clearly defined sections: a preamble and an operative part. The preamble generally presents the considerations on the basis of which action is taken, an opinion expressed or a directive given. The operative part states the opinion of the organ or the action to be taken.

• 2023
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• 2022
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• 2021

The Security Council Practices and Charter Research Branch, is the advisory and research arm of the Security Council Affairs Division in the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs.  The Branch provides guidance to Member States and the Secretariat on Council practice and procedure upon request, substantive servicing of the Security Council’s Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions and familiarization of new Council m

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"Arria-formula" Meetings*

The following elements appear to represent the common understanding of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions on "Arria-formula" meetings.

Background Note on the "Arria-Formula" Meetings of the Security Council Members

The "Arria-formula meetings " are a relatively recent practice of the members of the Security Council. Like the informal consultations of the whole of the Security Council, they are not envisaged in the Charter of the United Nations or the Security Council’s provisional rules of procedure. Under Article 30 of the Charter, however, the Council is the master of its own procedure and has the latitude to determine its own practices.