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The Procedure of the UN Security Council

by: Bailey, Sydney D.; Daws, Sam

The Procedure of the UN Security Council

by: Bailey, Sydney D.; Daws, Sam

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9780198280736
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0198280734
Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 06/11/1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This is a newly revised and thoroughly updated edition of the definitive book of its kind, widely used by UN practitioners and scholars for over twenty years. Bailey has incorporated the many changes in Council procedure that have occurred since the end of the Cold War. While retaining pertinent historical material from previous editions, the book contains new text, tables, and appendices on a number of key issues.

List of Tables and Charts

(2)

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

xvii

1. THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

(20)

1. The role of the Security Council

(3)

2. The Charter

(3)

3. The rules of procedure

(8)

4. Custom

(1)

5. Functions

(3)

2. THE COUNCIL MEETS

(89)

1. Formal meetings and informal consultations

(1)

2. Convening a meeting

(15)

3. Notice of meetings

(3)

4. Place of meeting

(5)

5. `Periodic' meetings

(5)

6. `Orientation' and `exchange of views' meetings

(3)

7. Private (closed) meetings

(7)

8. Informal consultations

(15)

9. Duration of meetings

(1)

10. The agenda

(13)

11. Rejection of items

(2)

12. Interpretation and translation

(3)

13. Documents and records

(8)

14. Communications

102

(8)

3. THE PEOPLE

110

(78)

1. Secretary-General

110

(14)

2. President

124

(13)

3. Permanent members

137

(4)

4. Non-permanent members

141

(13)

5. Other participants

154

(12)

6. Permanent missions

166

(2)

7. Groups

168

(5)

8. Regionalism

173

(2)

9. Credentials

175

(4)

10. Representation of China

179

(8)

11. Precedence

187

(1)

4. DIPLOMACY AND DEBATE

188

(33)

1. Order of speakers

189

(3)

2. Interrupting the speaker

192

(4)

3. Right of reply

196

(1)

4. Motions, proposals, suggestions

197

(4)

5. `Precedence motions' (Rule 33)

201

(11)

6. Amendments

212

(6)

7. Statements before or after the vote

218

(3)

5. VOTING

221

(53)

1. Procedural motions

225

(1)

2. Substantive decisions

226

(1)

3. The veto

227

(13)

4. The double veto

240

(9)

5. The `hidden veto'

249

(1)

6. Abstentions

250

(7)

7. Absence

257

(1)

8. Non-participation in the vote

258

(1)

9. Consensus and unanimity

259

(4)

10. When are decisions binding?

263

(11)

6. RELATIONS WITH OTHER ORGANS

274

(59)

1. Military Staff Committee

274

(7)

2. General Assembly

281

(20)

3. Economic and Social Council

301

(2)

4. Trusteeship Council

303

(4)

5. International Court of Justice

307

(13)

6. Non-Governmental Organizations

320

(1)

7. Appointment of the Secretary-General

321

(12)

7. SUBSIDIARY ORGANS

333

(46)

1. Organs concerned with Council procedure

334

(4)

(a) Committee of Experts

334

(1)

(b) Committee on Council Meetings away from Headquarters

335

(3)

2. Organs concerned with membership

338

(15)

(a) Committee on Admission of New Members

338

(12)

(b) Committee of Experts established at its 1506th meeting (mini-States)

350

(3)

3. Organs concerned with the maintenance of international peace and security

353

(24)

(a) Fact-finding missions

353

(3)

(b) Peace-keeping operations

356

(7)

363

(2)

(d) Sanctions committees

365

(9)

(e) UN peace-enforcement

374

(3)

(f) Other miscellaneous organs for the maintenance of international peace and security

377

(1)

4. Other subsidiary bodies

377

(2)

(a) Informal Working Group of the Security Council concerning the Council's documentation and other procedural questions

377

(2)

8. NEW CHARTER, NEW MEMBERS, NEW RULES, NEW WORKING PRACTICES, OR NEW NATIONAL POLICIES?

379

(34)

1. New Charter?

379

(3)

2. New members?

382

(8)

3. New rules?

390

(20)

4. New working practices?

410

(1)

5. New national policies?

411

(2)

APPENDICES

413

(198)

I. (a) Extracts from the UN Charter

413

(28)

(b) Extracts from the Statute of the International Court of Justice

437

(4)

II. Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Security Council, as amended 21 Dec. 1982

441

(14)

III. The Yalta formula on voting in the Security Council, 8 June 1945

455

(4)

IV. (a) Opinion of the Legal Counsel on relations between the General Assembly and the Security Council, 10 Sept. 1964

459

(14)

(b) Opinion of the Legal Counsel on relations between the General Assembly and the Security Council, 12 Dec. 1968

473

(1)

V. Memorandum by the Secretary-General on the procedure to be followed in the election of a member of the International Court of Justice, 24 January 1996. Extract

474

(3)

VI. United Nations Peace-keeping Operations 1948-96. Details of authorizing resolutions, function, location and duration.

477

(41)

VII. Matters of which the Security Council is seized, 10 January 1997. S/1997/40.

518

(11)

VIII. Communications received from private individuals and non-governmental bodies relating to matters of which the Security Council is seized, 3 February 1997. S/NC/1996/4.

529

(4)

IX. The Secretariat's tentative forecast of the programme of work of the Security Council for the month of August 1995

533

(9)

X. Resolutions, Notes, and Letters related to procedural developments in the documentation of the Security Council

542

(14)

(a) Presidential Note of 30 June 1993 concerning the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly, S/26015.

542

(2)

(b) Presidential Note of 27 July 1993 concerning the forecast of the programme of work of the Council, S/26176.

544

(1)

545

(1)

(d) Letter dated 2 June 1995 from Argentina concerning changes to the nomenclature of statements made by the President of the Security Council, S/1995/456.

546

(3)

(e) General Assembly resolution 51/193 of 17 December 1996 concerning the annual report of the Security Council

549

(2)

(f) Note by the President [concerning the format of the annual report of the Council to the General Assembly], 12 June 1997. S/1997/451.

551

(2)

(g) Informal briefing note on Blue Draft Resolutions, prepared by the Secretariat, July 1995

553

(3)

XI. Aide-memoire concerning the working methods of the Security Council from the Permanent Representative of France, 11 November 1994, A/49/667 and S/1994/1279.

556

(7)

XII. Presidential Statements related to procedural developments in UN peace-keeping:

563

(18)

Peace-keeping general:

(a) Presidential Statement of 3 May 1994. Improving UN capacity for peace-keeping, S/PRST/1994/22.

563

(5)

(b) Presidential Statement of 22 February 1995. Consideration of Supplement to `An Agenda for Peace', S/PRST/1995/9.

568

(5)

Peace-keeping consultations and transparency:

(c) Presidential Statement of 4 November 1994. Meetings between members of Security Council, troop-contributing countries and Secretariat, S/PRST/1994/62.

573

(2)

(d) Presidential Statement of 16 December 1994. Increased recourse to open meetings of Security Council in order to improve flow of information and exchange of ideas between Security Council and other UN Member States, S/PRST/1994/81.

575

(1)

(e) Presidential Statement of 28 March 1996. Strengthening consultation procedures with troop-contributing countries, S/PRST/1996/13.

576

(3)

Peace-keeping stand-by arrangements:

(f) Presidential Statement of 27 July 1994. Stand-by arrangements for peace-keeping operations, S/PRST/1994/36.

579

(1)

(g) Presidential Statement of 19 December 1995. Peacekeeping stand-by arrangements, S/PRST/1995/61.

580

(1)

XIII. Notes by the President concerning Sanctions Committees of the Security Council

581

(3)

(a) Note by the President dated 29 March 1995, S/1995/234.

581

(1)

(b) Note by the President dated 31 May 1995, S/1995/438.

582

(1)

583

(1)

XIV. Letter from the permanent members of the Security Council on the humanitarian aspects of sanctions, 13 April 1995, S/1995/300.

584

(2)

XV. Note dated 26 February 1997 by the Secretary-General, circulated to the Security Council, on the adoption of General Assembly resolution 51/208, entitled `Implementation of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations related to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions', S/1997/161.

586

(1)

XVI. Presidential Statement of 26 September 1995. Fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, S/PRST/1995/48.

587

(2)

XVII. Security Council resolution 984 (1995) of 11 April 1995. Assurances to non-nuclear weapons States.

589

(3)

XVIII. Statute of the International Tribunal for Rwanda. Annex to Security Council resolution 955 (1994) of 8 November 1994.

592

(14)

XIX. The first Sydney Bailey Memorial Lecture. Address given by his Royal Highness Crown Prince Hassan bin Talal of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Westminster Abbey, London, 10 March 1997.

606

(5)

Select bibliography

611

(5)

References

616

(55)

Index

671

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