Presidency of the United Nations Security Council
| President of the United Nations Security Council | |
|---|---|
| رئيس مجلس الأمن (Arabic) 联合国安全理事会主席 (Chinese) Président du Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies (French) Председатель Совета Безопасности Организации Объединенных Наций (Russian) Presidente del Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas (Spanish) | |
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since 1 August 2017 | |
| Appointer | United Nations Security Council |
| Term length | One month |
| Inaugural holder |  Norman Makin |
| Formation | 17 January 1946 |
| Website | www.un.org/en/sc/presidency |
The President of the United Nations Security Council is the presiding officer of that body. The president is the head of the delegation from the Security Council member state that holds the rotating presidency.
Selection
Article 30 of the United Nations Charter states that the Security Council is empowered to establish rules of procedure, "including the method of selecting its President".[1] The Security Council has established the following method of selecting the president: the presidency rotates monthly among the state members of the Security Council. The rotation takes place in alphabetical order of the member states' official United Nations names in English.[2] All members of the Council, including the President, must present credentials issued by either the head of state, the head of government, or the minister of foreign affairs of their respective states to the Secretary-General, except if the representative is also the head of government or minister of foreign affairs.[3]
Identity
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The Permanent Representative (ambassador) of the state that holds the presidency is usually the president of the Council, but if an official from the state who is higher in authority than the Permanent Representative (such as a foreign minister, prime minister, or head of state) is present in the Council, the higher official is the president. For example, in January 2000, a month in which the United States held the presidency of the Security Council, U.S. Vice President Al Gore headed the United States delegation to the United Nations for a few days. As a result, Gore was the President of the Security Council during this time.
Role
The role of president of the Security Council involves calling the meetings thereof,[4] approving the provisional agenda (proposed by the Secretary-General),[5] presiding at its meetings,[6] and overseeing any crisis. The president is authorized to issue both Presidential Statements[7] (subject to consensus among Council members) and notes,[8] which are used to make declarations of intent that the full Security Council can then pursue. The President also usually speaks to the press on behalf of the Security Council.
List
Below is a chronological list of presidents of the UN Security Council and the states that they represented.
1946–49
Presidents from 1946–49:[9]
1950–54
Presidents from 1950–54:[10]
1955–59
Presidents from 1955–59:[10]
1960–64
Presidents from 1960–64:[11]
1965–69
Presidents from 1965–69:[11]
1970–74
Presidents from 1970–74:[12]
1975–79
Presidents from 1975–79:[12]
1980–84
Presidents from 1980–84:[13]
1985–89
Presidents from 1985–89:[13]
1990–94
Presidents from 1990–94:[14]
1995–99
Presidents from 1995–99:[14]
2000–04
Presidents from 2000–04:[15]
2005–09
2010–14
2015–19
See also
Notes
- ^ United Nations Charter, ch. V, s. 30.
- ^ Provisional Rules of Procedure of the United Nations Security Council, Chapter IV, rule 18
- ^ Provisional Rules of Procedure of the United Nations Security Council, Chapter III, rule 13
- ^ Provisional Rules of Procedure of the United Nations Security Council, Chapter I, Rules 1 and 2
- ^ Provisional Rules of Procedure of the United Nations Security Council, Chapter II, Rule 7
- ^ Provisional Rules of Procedure of the United Nations Security Council, Chapter IV, Rule 19
- ^ UN Security Council: Presidential Statements 2008
- ^ Notes by the president of the Security Council
- ^ Presidents of the Security Council : 1946-1949, un.org.
- ^ a b Presidents of the Security Council : 1950-1959, un.org.
- ^ a b Presidents of the Security Council : 1960-1969, un.org.
- ^ a b Presidents of the Security Council : 1970-1979, un.org.
- ^ a b Presidents of the Security Council : 1980-1989, un.org.
- ^ a b Presidents of the Security Council : 1990-1999, un.org.
- ^ a b c d e f g Presidents of the Security Council : 2000–, un.org.[dead link]
- ^ "Security Council Press Statement On London Terrorist Attack". Un.org. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Press Statement By Security Council President On Assassination Of Sri Lanka'S Foreign Minister". Un.org. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "PRESS STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL ON 14 SEPTEMBER MEETING". Un.org. 14 September 2005. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Press Statement On Guinea-Bissau By Security Council President". Un.org. 22 September 2005. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Press Statement On Liberian Elections By Security Council President". Un.org. 14 October 2005. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Security Council Press Statement On Iraq". Un.org. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Security Council Press Statement On Ethiopia And Eritrea". Un.org. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Security Council Press Statement On Remarks By Iran'S President". Un.org. 9 December 2005. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Security Council Press Statement On Work Of Commission Investigating Killing Of Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri". Un.org. 17 January 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Press Statement On Haiti By Security Council President". Un.org. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Security Council Press Statement On Ethiopia And Eritrea". Un.org. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Press Statement On Chad, Darfur By Security Council President". Un.org. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Press Statement On Afghanistan Terror Attack By Security Council President". Un.org. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Press Statement By Security Council President On Democratic Republic Of Congo". Un.org. 30 May 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT CONCERNING 3 JUNE ATTACK ON RUSSIAN FEDERATION'S BAGHDAD DIPLOMATS". Un.org. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Security Council Press Statement On Central African Republic". Un.org. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Security Council Press Statement On Democratic Republic Of Congo". Un.org. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Security Council Press Statement On Afghanistan". Un.org. 11 September 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Security Council Press Statement On Afghanistan". Un.org. 9 October 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Security Council Press Statement On Situation In Haiti". Un.org. 16 November 2006. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Fiji
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Darfur
- ^ Press Conference By Security Council President
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Somalia
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Côte D’Ivoire
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Timor-Leste
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Sudan
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Ethiopia, Eritrea
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Haiti
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Iraq-Kuwait
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Central African Republic
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Darfur
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Democratic Republic Of Congo
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Lebanon
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Côte D’Ivoire
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Afghanistan Attack
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Iraq-Kuwait
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Central African Republic, Chad
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Ethiopia And Eritrea
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Darfur
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Haiti
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Burundi
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Iraq
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Iraq-Kuwait
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Kabul Bomb Attack
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Terrorist Attack In Lebanon
- ^ Security Council Strongly Condemns Deadly Terrorist Attack In Lebanon
- ^ Secretary-General, Former Top Special Adviser Join High-Level Meeting As Security Council Stresses Importance Of Mediation In Peaceful Settlement Of Disputes
- ^ Security Council Presidency by China in October 2008
- ^ Build On Positive Trends To Reverse Deteriorating Situation In Afghanistan, Says Secretary-General’S Special Representative While Briefing Security Council
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Guinea-Bissau
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Somalia
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Guinea-Bissau
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On United Nations Regional Centre For Preventive Diplomacy For Central Asia
- ^ SECURITY COUNCIL, EXPRESSING DEEP CONCERN OVER ‘CONTINUOUS TERRORIST ATTACKS’, CALLS FOR RENEWAL OF GLOBAL SOLIDARITY AGAINST THREAT MANIFESTED AFTER 9/11
- ^ Adopting Text On Middle East Conflict, Security Council Reaffirms Support For Annapolis Outcomes, Declares Negotiations ‘Irreversible’
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Lord’S Resistance Army
- ^ As Security Council Meets On Gaza, Secretary-General Calls For Swift Ceasefire, Says ‘We Must Move From Debate To Action, And Must Do So Immediately’
- ^ Briefing Security Council, High Commissioner For Refugees Says Situations In Iraq, Somalia Key To Rising Numbers Of Displaced Persons Worldwide
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Iraq Elections
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Special Tribunal For Lebanon
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Somalia
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Democratic Republic Of Congo
- ^ SECURITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS WIDESPREAD IMPACT OF ARMED CONFLICT ON CHILDREN, AFTER HEARING OVER 60 SPEAKERS IN DAY-LONG DEBATE
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Sri Lanka
- ^ Security Council Presidential Statement Reiterates Urgent Need For Renewed Efforts To Achieve Comprehensive Peace In Middle East
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Burundi
- ^ Security Council Commends Iraq On Important Efforts To Strengthen Democracy, Improve Security, Combat Sectarian Violence, In Presidential Statement
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On United Nations Organization Mission In Democratic Republic Of The Congo
- ^ Security Council Presidential Statement Stresses Importance Of Launching Peacebuilding Efforts In Immediate Post-Conflict Period
- ^ Security Council Press Statement On Afghanistan Elections
- ^ Security Council Expresses Concern at Delay in Publication of Provisional Voters List for 29 November Presidential Election in Côte d’Ivoire
- ^ Decisions on Forming Effective Government in Afghanistan Will Determine Prospects for Ending Conflict, Top Official Tells Security Council in Briefing
- ^ Security Council Adopts Text Mandating Peacekeeping Missions to Protect Women, Girls from Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on the Kabul Bomb Attack
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Elections in Afghanistan
- ^ Security Council, in Statement, Condemns 3 December Terrorist Attack in Somalia
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Haiti Earthquake
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan Conference in London
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Côte d’Ivoire
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Guinea-Bissau
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Darfur
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Iraq Election Certification
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Situation in Lebanon
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Panel of Inquiry on 31 May Flotilla Incident
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Côte d’Ivoire
- ^ Security Council Summit Pledges to Continue Strengthening Activities for Maintenance of International Peace, Security
- ^ Security Council Concerned about Continuing Threat of Terrorism, Including Actions Driven by Intolerance, Extremism
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Abuja Bombings
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Election in Côte d’Ivoire
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Côte d’Ivoire Elections
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Côte d’Ivoire
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Southern Sudan Referendum
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Democratic Republic of Congo
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Côte d’Ivoire
- ^ Recognizing Interconnected Nature of Haiti’s Long-term Development Challenges, Security Council Reiterates Need for Sustained International Support
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Abyei, Sudan
- ^ Unanimously Adopting 1983 (2011), Security Council Encourages Inclusion of HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care, Support in Implementing Peacekeeping Mandates
- ^ Security Council Statement on Development Fund for Iraq
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Central African Republic
- ^ Adopting Resolution 1999 (2011) Without Vote, Security Council Recommends Admission of Republic of South Sudan as United Nations Member
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on United Nations Peacekeepers in Abyei
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attack in India
- ^ Security Council Pledges Strengthened UN Effectiveness in Preventing Conflict, Including Through Use of Early Warning, Preventive Deployment, Mediation
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Somalia
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Situation in Abyei
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Democratic Republic of the Congo
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Damascus Terrorist Attack
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Sudan’s Southern Kordofan, Blue Nile States
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Syria
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Mali
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Democratic Republic of the Congo
- ^ U.N. Security Council, 67th year. Provisional Verbatim Record of the Six-thousand seven-hundred and sixty-fifth Meeting Held at Headquarters, New York, On Friday, 4 May 2012. (S/PV.6765) 4 May 2012
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Central African Republic
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- ^ Security Council Press Statement on the Contribution of Courts and Tribunals in the Fight against Impunity
- ^ Security Council, in Presidential Statement, Condemns Aerial Bombardments, Other Violations by Sudan, South Sudan
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Iraq
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Killing of Peacekeepers in Darfur
- ^ Haiti’s ‘Steady Progress’ Justifies Recommendation to Extend Peacekeeping Mandate, Secretary-General’s Special Representative Tells Security Council
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
- ^ Security Council Press Statement on Situation between Iraq and Kuwait
- ^ Security Council, in Statement, Calls for Comprehensive Strategy for Beleaguered Sahel Region; Secretary-General Sees 'Sustained, Systemic Crisis'
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References
- Sydney Dawson Bailey and Sam Daws (1998, 3d ed.). The Procedure of the UN Security Council. (New York: Oxford University Press) ISBN 0-19-828073-4
- Hans Kelsen (1950). The Law of the United Nations: A Critical Analysis of Its Fundamental Problems (New York : F.A. Praeger)
- Edward C. Luck (2006). The UN Security Council: A Primer. (New York: Routlege) ISBN 0-415-35531-1
External links
- UN Security Council Presidency, official website
- Presidents of the Security Council in ..., United Nations Documentation, un.org