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Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council

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The Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council and its supplements are published by the United Nations Secretariat as a guide to the proceedings of the Security Council from its first meeting in 1946 onward. The Repertoire is designed to assist government officials, practitioners of international law, academics and all those interested in the work of the United Nations to follow the evolving practice of the Council and gain a better understanding of the framework within which it operates. The publication presents, as comprehensively as possible, new trends in the Council’s application of the Charter of the United Nations and its own provisional rules of procedure. The Repertoire is the only such official record and is based solely on the deliberations of the Council, its decisions and other official documentation before the Council.

The current Supplement, nineteenth in the series of Supplements to the Repertoire, covers the years 2014 and 2015. Against the backdrop of protracted and new conflicts or situations, the Security Council continued to address challenges to its responsibility to maintain international peace and security during this period. As a result, the application of the Charter by the Council further evolved. While continuing its action against persisting threats such as terrorism, the Council determined that the unprecedented extent of the Ebola out-break in Africa constituted a threat to international peace and security. Seized with worsening crises in Africa and the Middle East, the Council took action, also under Chapter VII, to address the effects on civilians. Deepening its resolve, the Council established the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic. In July 2015, the Council endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and decided that it would terminate the sanctions measures previously imposed on the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Contents Page

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Members of the Security Council, 2014–2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Part I. Consideration of questions under the responsibility of the Security Council for the

maintenance of international peace and security

Introductory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Africa

1. The situation concerning Western Sahara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2. The situation in Liberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3. The situation in Somalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

4. The situation in Burundi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

5. The situation in Sierra Leone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

6. The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

7. The situation in the Central African Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

8. The situation in Guinea-Bissau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

9. The situation in Côte d’Ivoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

10. Central African region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

11. Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

12. Peace consolidation in West Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

13. Peace and security in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

14. The situation in Libya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

15. The situation in Mali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Americas

16. The question concerning Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Asia

17. The situation in Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

18. The situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Europe

19. The situation in Cyprus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

20. Items relating to the situation in the former Yugoslavia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

A. The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

B. Security Council resolutions 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998), 1203 (1998), 1239 (1999) and

1244 (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

21. Items relating to Ukraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

A. Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the

United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136) . . . . . 69

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B. Letter dated 13 April 2014 from the Permanent Representative of the Russian

Federation to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council

(S/2014/264) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Middle East

22. The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

23. The situation in the Middle East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

24. The situation concerning Iraq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Thematic issues

25. United Nations peacekeeping operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

26. Items relating to the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

27. Children and armed conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

28. Protection of civilians in armed conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

29. Small arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

30. General issues relating to sanctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

31. Women and peace and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

32. Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

33. Briefings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

34. Security Council mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

35. The promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international

peace and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

36. Items relating to non-proliferation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

A. Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

B. Non-proliferation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

C. Non-proliferation/Democratic People’s Republic of Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

37. Post-conflict peacebuilding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

38. Threats to international peace and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

39. Maintenance of international peace and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

40. Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in

maintaining international peace and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Part II. Provisional rules of procedure and related procedural developments

Introductory note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

I. Meetings and records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

II. Agenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

III. Representation and credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

IV. Presidency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

V. Secretariat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

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VI. Conduct of business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

VII. Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

VIII. Decision-making and voting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

IX. Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

X. Provisional status of the rules of procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Part III. Purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations

Introductory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

I. Principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples under Article 1, paragraph 2 . . . . . 216

II. Prohibition of the threat or use of force under Article 2, paragraph 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

III. Obligation under Article 2, paragraph 5, to refrain from assisting the target of enforcement

action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

IV. Non-intervention in the internal affairs of States by the United Nations under Article 2,

paragraph 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Part IV. Relations with other United Nations organs

Introductory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

I. Relations with the General Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

II. Relations with the Economic and Social Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

III. Relations with the International Court of Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Part V. Functions and powers of the Security Council

Introductory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

I. Primary responsibility of the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and

security under Article 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

II. Obligation of Member States to accept and carry out decisions of the Security Council under

Article 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

III. Responsibility of the Security Council to formulate plans to regulate armaments under

Article 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Part VI. Consideration of the provisions of Chapter VI of the Charter

Introductory note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

I. Referral of disputes or situations to the Security Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

II. Investigation of disputes and fact-finding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

III. Decisions of the Security Council concerning the pacific settlement of disputes . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

IV. Discussion on the interpretation or application of the provisions of Chapter VI of the Charter 284

Part VII. Actions with respect to threats to the peace, breaches of the peace, and acts of

aggression (Chapter VII of the Charter)


I. Determination of a threat to the peace, breach of the peace or act of aggression in accordance

with Article 39 of the Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

II. Provisional measures to prevent an aggravation of the situation in accordance with Article 40

of the Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

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III. Measures not involving the use of armed force in accordance with Article 41 of the Charter . . 309

IV. Measures to maintain or restore international peace and security in accordance with Article 42

of the Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

V. Consideration of Articles 43 to 45 of the Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

VI. Role and composition of the Military Staff Committee in accordance with Ar ticles 46 and 47

of the Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

VII. Action required of Member States under Article 48 of the Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

VIII. Mutual assistance pursuant to Article 49 of the Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

IX. Special economic problems of the nature described in Article 50 of the Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

X. Right of individual or collective self-defence in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter . . . 350

Part VIII. Regional arrangements


I. Consideration of the provisions of Chapter VIII of the Charter under thematic items . . . . . . . . 359

II. Recognition of the efforts of regional arrangements in the pacific settlement of disputes . . . . . 363

III. Peacekeeping operations led by regional arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

IV. Authorization of enforcement action by regional arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

V. Reporting by regional arrangements on their activities in the maintenance of international

peace and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Part IX. Subsidiary organs of the Security Council: committees, tribunals and

other bodies


I. Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

II. Working groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

III. Investigative bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

IV. Tribunals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

V. Ad hoc commissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

VI. Special advisers, envoys and representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

VII. Peacebuilding Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

VIII. Subsidiary organs of the Security Council proposed but not established . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Part X. Subsidiary organs of the Security Council: peacekeeping operations and political

and peacebuilding missions


I. Peacekeeping operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430

II. Political and peacebuilding missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483

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Introduction

The present publication constitutes the nineteenth supplement to the

Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council, 1946–1951, which was issued in

1954. It covers the proceedings of the Security Council from the 7092nd meeting,

on 6 January 2014, to the 7599th meeting, on 31 December 2015. The original

Repertoire and previous supplements may be consulted at www.un.org/en/sc/repertoire.

The Repertoire was mandated by the General Assembly in its resolution 686

(VII) of 5 December 1952, entitled “Ways and means for making the evidence of

customary international law more readily available”. It is a guide to the proceedings

of the Council and sets forth in a readily accessible form the practices and

procedures to which the Council has had recourse. The Repertoire is not intended as

a substitute for the records of the Council, which constitute the only comprehensive

and authoritative account of its deliberations.

The categories employed to arrange the material are not intended to suggest

the existence of procedures or practices that have not been clearly or demonstrably

established by the Council itself. The Council is at all times, within the framework

of the Charter of the United Nations, its own provisional rules of procedure, and

practice established through notes by the President of the Security Council, master

of its own procedure. For ease of reference, this introduction contains a table

indicating the membership of the Security Council during the period under review.

In recording the Council’s practice, the headings under which the practices and

procedures of the Council were presented in the original volume issued in 1954 have

been largely retained. Where necessary adjustments have been made to better reflect

the Council’s practice. For example, the studies contained in part I o f the present

publication are organized according to region or thematic issue.

The Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council covers four primary

areas, namely, the application of the provisional rules of procedure, the application

of Articles of the Charter of the United Nations, the subsidiary organs of the

Security Council, including peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions as well as

sanctions committees and the associated panels and groups of experts, and an

overview of Council activities for each item on its agenda. From 1946 to 2007, each

Supplement to the Repertoire, generally covering a period of two to four years,

comprised 12 chapters. Since 2008, each Supplement to the Repertoire, covering a

period of two years, has been organized in 10 parts.

From 1946 to 2007, the 12 chapters of each Supplement cover the following topics:

Chapter I Provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council (Articles 28, 30, 98;

rules 1–5, 13-36, 40-67 of the rules of procedure)

Chapter II Agenda (rules 6–12 of the rules of procedure)

Chapter III Participation in the proceedings of the Security Council (Articles 31, 32,

35 (1); rules 37-39 of the rules of procedure)

Chapter IV Voting (Article 27; rule 40 of the rules of procedure)

Chapter V Subsidiary organs of the Security Council

Chapter VI Relations with other United Nations organs

Chapter VII Practice relative to recommendations to the General Assembly regarding

membership in the United Nations

Chapter VIII Consideration of questions under the responsibility of the Security Council

for the maintenance of international peace and security (overview by

agenda item)

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Chapter IX Decisions taken by the Security Council in the exercise of its other

functions and powers

Chapter X Consideration of the provisions of Chapter VI of the Charter

Chapter XI Consideration of the provisions of Chapter VII of the Charter

Chapter XII Consideration of the provisions of other Articles (Articles 1 (2),

2 (4), 2 (5), 2 (6), 2 (7), 24, 25, 52-54, 102, 103)

From 2008 onwards, the 10 parts of each Supplement cover the following topics:

Part I Consideration of questions under the responsibility of the Security Council

for the maintenance of international peace and security (by agenda item)

Part II Provisional rules of procedure and related procedural developments

Part III Purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations (Chapter I of

the Charter)

Part IV Relations with other United Nations organs

Part V Functions and powers of the Security Council (Chapter V of the Charter)

Part VI Consideration of the provisions of Chapter VI of the Charter

Part VII Action with respect to threats to the peace, breaches of the peace, and acts

of aggression (Chapter VII of the Charter)

Part VIII Regional arrangements (Chapter VIII of the Charter)

Part IX Subsidiary organs of the Security Council: committees, tribunals and other

bodies

Part X Subsidiary organs of the Security Council: peacekeeping operations and

political and peacebuilding missions

The Repertoire is based on published documents of the Security Council.

Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of letters combined with

figures. Security Council documents are indicated by a symbol that includes the

year and a sequential number (for example, S/2014/10). References to the verbatim

records of meetings of the Council are given in the form S/PV.7092, meetings being

numbered consecutively, starting with the first meeting in 1946. As in previous

recent supplements, reference is made in this Supplement only to the provisional

verbatim records of Security Council meetings, as the practice of publishing the

meeting records in the Official Records has been discontinued.

The resolutions and other decisions adopted by the Security Council, including

statements and notes issued by the President of the Council and relevant exchanges

of letters between the President and the Secretary-General, are published in the

yearly volumes of Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council. Resolutions

are identified by a number followed by the year of adoption in parentheses, for

example, resolution 2133 (2014). Until 1993, the statements by the President on

behalf of the Council were circulated, like other Council documents, under a symbol

in the sequential series. Since 1994 references to presidential statements are given in

the form S/PRST/2014/1, for example.

Readers who wish to consult the full record of a meeting or the text of a

Security Council document referred to in the Repertoire may do so on the official

United Nations Documentation Centre website, www.un.org/en/documents /.

Security Council documents can be accessed on the website by selecting “Official

Document System (ODS)” or one of the direct links to specific categories of

documents. The volumes of Resolutions and Decisions may be accessed by symbol

(S/INF/69 for 2013/14, S/INF/70 for 2014/15 and S/INF/71 for 2015/16).

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Membership of the Security Council, 2014–2015

2014 Argentina 2015 Angola

Australia Chad

Chad Chile

Chile China

China France

France Jordan

Jordan Lithuania

Lithuania Malaysia

Luxembourg New Zealand

Nigeria Nigeria

Republic of Korea Russian Federation

Russian Federation Spain

Rwanda

United Kingdom of Great

Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland

United States of America

United States of America Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

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Part I Consideration of questions under the responsibility of the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security

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Contents

Page


Africa

1. The situation concerning Western Sahara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2. The situation in Liberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3. The situation in Somalia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

4. The situation in Burundi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

5. The situation in Sierra Leone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

6. The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

7. The situation in the Central African Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

8. The situation in Guinea-Bissau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

9. The situation in Côte d’Ivoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

10. Central African region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

11. Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

12. Peace consolidation in West Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

13. Peace and security in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

14. The situation in Libya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

15. The situation in Mali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Americas

16. The question concerning Haiti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Asia

17. The situation in Afghanistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

18. The situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Europe

19. The situation in Cyprus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

20. Items relating to the situation in the former Yugoslavia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

A. The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

B. Security Council resolutions 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998), 1203 (1998), 1239 (1999)

and 1244 (1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

21. Items relating to Ukraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

A. Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to

the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136) 69

https://undocs.org/S/RES/1160(1998)https://undocs.org/S/RES/1199(1998)https://undocs.org/S/RES/1203(1998)https://undocs.org/S/RES/1239(1999)https://undocs.org/S/RES/1244(1999)https://undocs.org/S/2014/136

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B. Letter dated 13 April 2014 from the Permanent Representative of the Russian

Federation to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council

(S/2014/264) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Middle East

22. The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

23. The situation in the Middle East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

24. The situation concerning Iraq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Thematic issues

25. United Nations peacekeeping operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

26. Items relating to the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

27. Children and armed conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

28. Protection of civilians in armed conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

29. Small arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

30. General issues relating to sanctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

31. Women and peace and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

32. Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

33. Briefings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

34. Security Council mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

35. The promotion and strengthening of the rule of law in the maintenance of international

peace and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

36. Items relating to non-proliferation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

A. Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

B. Non-proliferation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

C. Non-proliferation/Democratic People’s Republic of Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

37. Post-conflict peacebuilding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

38. Threats to international peace and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

39. Maintenance of international peace and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

40. Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in

maintaining international peace and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

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Introductory note

Part I of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council provides an

overview of the proceedings of the Security Council in respect of the agenda items

that relate to its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and

security. The range of items covers broadly those that may be deemed to fall under

Chapters VI and VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

Part I gives the immediate political context in which consideration by the

Council of those items evolved during the period 2014-2015.1 It also constitutes a

framework within which the deliberations of the Council expressly related to the

provisions of the Charter and its own provisional rules of procedure can be

considered. Part I also examines the substantive aspects of the Council’s practice

that are not covered in other parts of the Repertoire.

For ease of reference, the items are grouped by region, with an additional

category of thematic issues. Within each region, items are listed in the order in

which they were first included in the list of matters of which the Council is seized.

Individual studies highlight significant developments in the Council’s

consideration of an item that are considered important for understanding the

decisions taken by the Council.

Each substantive section is followed by a table comprising all procedural

information relating to the item, including meetings, sub-items, documents referred

to, and speakers. To illustrate the mainstreaming of thematic issues in items specific

to a country or region, some of the studies include an additional table that sets out

the relevant provisions of decisions of the Council.

1 The Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council covers formal meetings and documents of

the Council. Some of the questions considered in part I were also discussed in informal

consultations among the members of the Council.

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Africa

1. The situation concerning Western Sahara

During the period under review, the Security

Council held four meetings, including two closed

meetings, and adopted two resolutions in connection

with the situation concerning Western Sahara. By

resolutions 2152 (2014) and 2218 (2015), the Council

extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission

for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)2

for a period of one year each time.

__________________

2 For more information on the mandate of MINURSO, see

part X, sect. I, “Peacekeeping operations”.

Meetings: the situation concerning Western Sahara

Meeting record

and date Sub-item Other documents

Rule 37

invitations

Rule 39 and

other invitations Speakers

Decision and vote

(for-against-

abstaining)

S/PV.7156 (closed)

16 April 2014

Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General and Head

of the United

Nations Mission

for the

Referendum in

Western Sahara

S/PV.7162

29 April 2014

Report of the

Secretary-General

on the situation

concerning

Western Sahara

(S/2014/258)

Draft resolution

submitted by

France, Russian

Federation, Spain,

United Kingdom,

United States

(S/2014/299)

Spain Resolution 2152

(2014)

15-0-0

S/PV.7429

(closed)

16 April 2015

Assistant

Secretary-General

for Peacekeeping

Operations

S/PV.7435

28 April 2015

Report of the

Secretary-General

on the situation

concerning

Western Sahara

(S/2015/246)

Draft resolution

submitted by

France, Spain,

United Kingdom,

United States

(S/2015/285)

Nine Council

membersa

Resolution 2218

(2015)

15-0-0

a Angola, China, France, Jordan, Malaysia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of).

https://undocs.org/S/RES/2152(2014)https://undocs.org/S/RES/2218(2015)https://undocs.org/S/PV.7156https://undocs.org/S/PV.7162https://undocs.org/S/2014/258https://undocs.org/S/2014/299https://undocs.org/S/RES/2152(2014)https://undocs.org/S/RES/2152(2014)https://undocs.org/S/PV.7429https://undocs.org/S/PV.7435https://undocs.org/S/2015/246https://undocs.org/S/2015/285https://undocs.org/S/RES/2218(2015)https://undocs.org/S/RES/2218(2015)

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2. The situation in Liberia


Council held 14 meetings in connection with the

situation in Liberia, including three closed meetings

with troop- and police-contributing countries, and

adopted six resolutions, all under Chapter VII of the

Charter. The Council, inter alia, heard briefings by the

Special Representative of the Secretary-General and

Head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia

(UNMIL), the Chair of the Liberia configuration of the

Peacebuilding Commission and the Under-Secretary-

General for Peacekeeping Operations.

During the period under review, the Council

extended the mandate of UNMIL3 for periods of three

months, nine months and one year, respectively.4 By

resolution 2215 (2015), the Council authorized the __________________

3 For more information on the mandate of UNMIL, see


4 Resolutions 2176 (2014), 2190 (2014) and 2239 (2015).

resumption of the drawdown of UNMIL, which had

been suspended since September 2014 owing to the

Ebola virus disease outbreak, and reaffirmed its

expectation that the Government of Liberia would

assume fully its complete security responsibilities from

UNMIL no later than 30 June 2016. By resolution 2237

(2015), the Council decided to terminate the travel and

financial measures imposed by resolutions 1521 (2003)

and 1532 (2004), respectively. During the period under

review, the mandate of the Panel of Experts was twice

extended for 10 months.5

__________________

5 For more information on the sanctions measures

concerning Liberia, see part VII, sect. III, “Measures not

involving the use of armed force in accordance with

Article 41 of the Charter”. For more information on the

Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521

(2003) concerning Liberia and the mandate of the Panel

of Experts, see part IX, sect. I.B.

Meetings: the situation in Liberia

Meeting record


Rule 37

invitations

Rule 39 and


Decision and vote

(for-against-

abstaining)

S/PV.7145 20 March 2014

Twenty-seventh

progress report of

the Secretary-

General on the

United Nations

Mission in Liberia

(UNMIL)

(S/2014/123)

Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General for

Liberia and Head

of UNMIL, Chair

of the Liberia

configuration of

the Peacebuilding

Commission

Special

Representative,

Chair of the

Liberia

configuration

S/PV.7258

(closed)

(4 September

2014)

Under-Secretary-

General for

Peacekeeping

Operations,

Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General, Assistant

Secretary-General

for Field Support

S/PV.7260

9 September

2014

Twenty-eighth

progress report of

the Secretary-

General on UNMIL

(S/2014/598)

Letter dated

28 August 2014

from the

Liberia Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General, Chair of

the Liberia

configuration of

the Peacebuilding

Commission

All invitees

https://undocs.org/S/RES/2215(2015)https://undocs.org/S/RES/2176(2014)https://undocs.org/S/RES/2190(2014)https://undocs.org/S/RES/2239(2015)https://undocs.org/S/RES/2237(2015)https://undocs.org/S/RES/2237(2015)https://undocs.org/S/RES/1521(2003)https://undocs.org/S/RES/1532(2004)https://undocs.org/S/RES/1521(2003)https://undocs.org/S/RES/1521(2003)https://undocs.org/S/PV.7145https://undocs.org/S/2014/123https://undocs.org/S/PV.7258https://undocs.org/S/PV.7260https://undocs.org/S/2014/598

Part I. Consideration of questions under the responsibility of

the Security Council for the maintenance of

international peace and security

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Meeting record


Rule 37

invitations

Rule 39 and


Decision and vote

(for-against-

abstaining)

Secretary-General addressed to the

President of the

Security Council

(S/2014/644)

S/PV.7263

15 September

2014

Twenty-eighth

progress report of

the Secretary-

General on

UNMIL

(S/2014/598)

Letter dated

28 August 2014

from the

Secretary-General

addressed to the

President of the

Security Council

(S/2014/644)

Draft resolution

submitted by

Chad, France,

Nigeria, Rwanda,

United Kingdom,

United States

(S/2014/664)

Resolution 2176

(2014) 15-0-0

(adopted under

Chapter VII)

S/PV.7310

12 November

2014

Liberia Under-Secretary-

General for

Peacekeeping

Operations, Chair

of the Liberia

configuration of

the Peacebuilding

Commission

All invitees

S/PV.7328

9 December

2014

Letter dated

29 September

2014 from the

Secretary-General

addressed to the

President of the

Security Council

(S/2014/707)

Letter dated

19 November 2014

from the Panel of

Experts on Liberia

established

pursuant to

resolution 2128

(2013) addressed

to the President of

the Security

Council

(S/2014/831)

Draft resolution

submitted by

United States

(S/2014/868)

Resolution

2188 (2014)

15-0-0

(adopted under

Chapter VII)

S/PV.7330

(closed)

(9 December

2014)

Under-Secretary-

General for

Peacekeeping

Operations

https://undocs.org/S/2014/644https://undocs.org/S/PV.7263https://undocs.org/S/2014/598https://undocs.org/S/2014/644https://undocs.org/S/2014/664https://undocs.org/S/RES/2176(2014)https://undocs.org/S/RES/2176(2014)https://undocs.org/S/PV.7310https://undocs.org/S/PV.7328https://undocs.org/S/PV.7328https://undocs.org/E/RES/2014/70https://undocs.org/S/RES/2128(2013)https://undocs.org/S/RES/2128(2013)https://undocs.org/E/RES/2014/83https://undocs.org/E/RES/2014/86https://undocs.org/S/RES/2188(2014)https://undocs.org/S/PV.7330


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Meeting record


Rule 37

invitations

Rule 39 and


Decision and vote

(for-against-

abstaining)

S/PV.7340

15 December

2014

Draft resolution

submitted by

Chad, France,

Lithuania,

Luxembourg,

Nigeria, Republic

of Korea, United

Kingdom, United

States

(S/2014/891)

Resolution

2190 (2014)

15-0-0

(adopted under

Chapter VII)

S/PV.7423

2 April 2015

Draft resolution

submitted by

Angola, Chile,

Lithuania,

Malaysia, Spain,

United Kingdom,

United States,

Venezuela

(Bolivarian

Republic of)

(S/2015/222)

Resolution

2215 (2015)

15-0-0

(adopted under

Chapter VII)

S/PV.7438

5 May 2015

Twenty-ninth

progress report of

the Secretary-

General on

UNMIL

(S/2015/275)

Liberia Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General, Chair of

the Liberia

configuration of

the Peacebuilding

Commission

All invitees

S/PV.7517

2 September

2015

Letter dated

21 July 2015 from

the Panel of

Experts on Liberia

established

pursuant to

resolution 1521

(2003) addressed

to the President of

the Security

Council

(S/2015/558)

Letter dated

31 July 2015 from

the Secretary-

General addressed

to the President of

the Security

Council

(S/2015/590)

Draft resolution

submitted by

United States

(S/2015/670)

Resolution

2237 (2015)

15-0-0

(adopted under

Chapter VII)

https://undocs.org/S/PV.7340https://undocs.org/E/RES/2014/89https://undocs.org/S/RES/2190(2014)https://undocs.org/S/PV.7423https://undocs.org/E/RES/2015/22https://undocs.org/S/RES/2215(2015)https://undocs.org/S/PV.7438https://undocs.org/E/RES/2015/27https://undocs.org/S/PV.7517https://undocs.org/S/RES/1521(2003)https://undocs.org/S/RES/1521(2003)https://undocs.org/E/RES/2015/55https://undocs.org/E/RES/2015/59https://undocs.org/E/RES/2015/67https://undocs.org/S/RES/2237(2015)




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Meeting record


Rule 37

invitations

Rule 39 and


Decision and vote

(for-against-

abstaining)

S/PV.7518 (closed)

(8 September

2015)

Assistant

Secretary-General

for Rule of Law

and Security

Institutions

S/PV.7519

10 September

2015

Thirtieth progress

report of the

Secretary-General

on UNMIL

(S/2015/620)

Liberia Under-Secretary-

General for

Peacekeeping

Operations, Chair

of the Liberia

configuration of

the Peacebuilding

Commission

All invitees

S/PV.7525

17 September

2015

Thirtieth progress

report of the

Secretary-General

on UNMIL

(S/2015/620)

Draft resolution

submitted by

France, Malaysia,

United Kingdom,

United States

(S/2015/711)

Resolution

2239 (2015)

15-0-0

(adopted under

Chapter VII)

3. The situation in Somalia


Council held 18 meetings, adopted nine resolutions and

issued one presidential statement on the situation in

Somalia. The Council continued to express i ts concern

at the threat posed by piracy and armed robbery at sea

off the coast of Somalia. The meetings of the Council

focused on the peace and reconciliation process; the

threat posed by Al-Shabaab; and the political, security

and humanitarian situation in Somalia, including the

relevant role and mandate of the United Nations

Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).6

The Council extended the mandate of UNSOM

three times,7 in accordance with the recommendations

contained in the relevant reports of the Secretary-

General.8 Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter, the

Council twice extended its authorization for the

African Union to maintain the deployment of the __________________

6 For more information on UNSOM, see part X, sect. II,

“Political and peacebuilding missions”. 7 Resolutions 2158 (2014); 2221 (2015); and 2232 (2015). 8 See S/2014/330 and S/2015/331.

African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).9 The

Council renewed the partial suspension of the embargo

regarding arms intended for the Federal Government of

Somalia during the period under review.10 The Council

twice extended the mandate of the Monitoring Group

supporting the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751

(1992) and 1907 (2009).11 In addition, the Council

twice extended the authorization for counter-piracy

operations granted to States and regional organizations

cooperating with Somali authorities in the fight against

piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of

Somalia.12

__________________

9 Resolutions 2182 (2014) and 2232 (2015).

10 Resolutions 2142 (2014); 2182 (2014); and 2244 (2015).

For more information on the sanctions measures

concerning Somalia, see part VII, sect. III, “Measures not

involving the use of armed force in accordance with

Article 41 of the Charter”.

11 Resolutions 2182 (2014) and 2244 (2015). For more

information on the Monitoring Group, see part IX,

sect. I.B, under “Committee pursuant to resolutions 751

(1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea”.

12 Resolutions 2184 (2014) and 2246 (2015).

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Meetings: the situation in Somalia

Meeting record


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Rule 39 and


Decision and vote

(for-against-

abstaining)

S/PV.7127 5 March 2014

Draft resolution

submitted by

Australia,

Republic of Korea,

United Kingdom,

United States

(S/2014/137)

Somalia Somaliaa Resolution

2142 (2014)

15-0-0

(adopted under

Chapter VII)

S/PV.7132

11 March

2014

Report of the

Secretary-General

on Somalia

(S/2014/140)

Somalia Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General and Head

of the United

Nations

Assistance

Mission in

Somalia

Somalia,

Special

Representative

S/PV.7181

22 May 2014

Report of the

Secretary-General

on Somalia

(S/2014/330)

Somalia Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General, Special

Representative of

the Chairperson of

the African Union

Commission for

Somalia and Head

of the African

Union Mission in

Somalia

(AMISOM)b

All invitees

under rule 39

S/PRST/2014/9

S/PV.7188

29 May 2014

Report of the

Secretary-General

on Somalia

(S/2014/330)

Draft resolution

submitted by

10 Member Statesc

(S/2014/377)

Resolution

2158 (2014)

15-0-0

S/PV.7191

4 June 2014

Somalia Under-Secretary-

General for

Humanitarian

Affairs and

Emergency Relief

Coordinator

Under-

Secretary-

General

S/PV.7278

14 October

2014

Report of the

Secretary-General

on Somalia

(S/2014/699)

Somalia Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General, Special

Representative of

the Chairperson of

the African Union

Commission for

Somalia and Head

of AMISOM

All invitees

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S/PV.7284 22 October

2014

Report of the

Secretary-General

on the situation

with respect to

piracy and armed

robbery at sea off

the coast of

Somalia

(S/2014/740)


General for

Political Affairs

Under-

Secretary-

General

S/PV.7286

24 October

2014

Report of the

Secretary-General

on Somalia

(S/2014/699)

Letters dated

10 October 2014

from the Chair of

the Security

Council Committee

pursuant to

resolutions 751

(1992) and 1907

(2009) concerning

Somalia and

Eritrea addressed

to the President of

the Security

Council

(S/2014/726 and

S/2014/727)

Draft resolution

submitted by

Australia, France,

Luxembourg,

Republic of Korea,

Rwanda, United

Kingdom, United

States

(S/2014/757)

Somalia Six Council

members,d

Somalia

Resolution

2182 (2014)

13-0-2

(adopted under

Chapter VII)

S/PV.7309

12 November

2014

Report of the

Secretary-General

on the situation

with respect to

piracy and armed

robbery at sea off

the coast of

Somalia

(S/2014/740)

Draft resolution

submitted by

14 Member Statese

(S/2014/803)

Croatia,

Cyprus,

Denmark,

Italy,

Netherlands,

Somalia,

Spain

Somalia Resolution

2184 (2014)

15-0-0

(adopted under

Chapter VII)

S/PV.7375

4 February

2015

Report of the

Secretary-General

on Somalia

(S/2015/51)

Somalia Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General, Special

Representative of

the Chairperson of

the African Union

Commission for

Somalia

All invitees

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abstaining)

S/PV.7445 19 May 2015

Report of the

Secretary-General

on Somalia

(S/2015/331)

Somalia Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General, Special

Representative of

the Chairperson of

the African Union

Commission for

Somalia

All invitees

S/PV.7449

26 May 2015

Report of the

Secretary-General

on Somalia

(S/2015/331)

Draft resolution

submitted by

United Kingdom

(S/2015/370)

Somalia Resolution

2221 (2015)

15-0-0

S/PV.7487

16 July 2015

Somalia Assistant

Secretary-General

for Peacekeeping

Operations

Somalia,

Assistant

Secretary-

General

S/PV.7491

28 July 2015

Draft resolution

submitted by

12 Member Statesf

(S/2015/567)

Somalia Somalia Resolution

2232 (2015)

15-0-0

(adopted under

Chapter VII)

S/PV.7535

14 October

2015

Letter dated

7 October 2015

from the

Secretary-General

addressed to the

President of the

Security Council

(S/2015/762)


General for Field

Support

Under-

Secretary-

General

S/PV.7541

23 October

2015

Letters dated

9 October 2015

from the Chair of

the Security

Council

Committee

pursuant to

resolutions 751

(1992) and 1907

(2009) concerning

Somalia and

Eritrea addressed

to the President of

the Security

Council

(S/2015/801 and

S/2015/802)

Draft resolution

submitted by

Lithuania, United

Kingdom, United

States

(S/2015/810)

Eritrea,

Somalia

Six Council

members,g

Eritrea,

Somalia

Resolution

2244 (2015)

14-0-1

(adopted under

Chapter VII)

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(for-against-

abstaining)

S/PV.7551 9 November

2015

Report of the

Secretary-General

on Somalia

(S/2015/702)

Letter dated

7 October 2015

from the

Secretary-General

addressed to the

President of the

Security Council

(S/2015/762)

Draft resolution

submitted by

11 Member Statesh

(S/2015/840)

Somalia Chef de Cabinet

of the Secretary-

General, Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General,

Permanent

Observer of the

African Union to

the United

Nations

All Council

members,i all

inviteesj

Resolution

2245 (2015)

15-0-0

S/PV.7554

10 November

2015

Report of the

Secretary-General

on the situation

with respect to

piracy and armed

robbery at sea off

the coast of

Somalia

(S/2015/776)

Draft resolution

submitted by

France, Lithuania,

Malaysia, New

Zealand, Spain,

United Kingdom,

United States

(S/2015/850)

Somalia Resolution

2246 (2015)

15-0-0

(adopted under

Chapter VII)

a Somalia was represented by its Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. b The two Special Representatives participated in the meeting via videoconference from Mogadishu. c Australia, Chad, France, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, United Kingdom and United States. d Argentina, China, Jordan, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and United States. e Australia, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Spain,

United Kingdom and United States. f Angola, Chad, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Spain, United Ki ngdom, United States and

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). g China, New Zealand, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). h Angola, Chad, France, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Spain, United Kingdom and United States. i Malaysia was represented by its Minister for Foreign Affairs; Spain by its Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the United

Kingdom by its Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; and the United S tates by its Permanent Representative and member of the President’s Cabinet.

j Somalia was represented by its Prime Minister.

4. The situation in Burundi


Council held 12 meetings in connection with the

situation in Burundi, adopted two resolutions and

issued three presidential statements.

In 2014, the Council focused on the challenges

facing the consolidation of peace in Burundi and the

transition from the United Nations Office in Burundi

(BNUB) to a United Nations country team presence. The

focus of the Council in 2015 shifted to the deteriorating

situation following the successful bid for a third term in

office by the President of Burundi. In March 2015, a

Security Council mission visited Burundi.

During the period under review, the Council

extended the mandate of BNUB for the last time until

31 December 2014,13 and established the United

Nations Electoral Observer Mission in Burundi

(MENUB) to follow and report to the Secretary-

General and the Council on the electoral process in

Burundi in 2015.14 In its decisions, the Council

expressed concern about human rights violations,

appealed for an inter-Burundian political dialogue, and

welcomed regional mediation efforts.

At the end of 2015, in view of the deterioration of

the political situation, the Council requested the __________________

13 Resolution 2137 (2014).

14 For more information on the mandate of BNUB and the

mandate of MENUB, see part X, sect. II, “Political and

peacebuilding missions”.

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Secretary-General to present options on the future

United Nations presence in Burundi. The Secretary-

General suggested a multidimensional integrated

peacekeeping operation under Chapter VII of the

Charter or a fully-fledged integrated special political

mission.15

__________________

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(for-against-

abstaining)

S/PV.7104 28 January

2014

Report of the

Secretary-General

on the United

Nations Office in

Burundi (BNUB)

(S/2014/36)

Burundi Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General and Head

of BNUB, Chair

of the Burundi

configuration of

the Peacebuilding

Commission

All inviteesa

S/PV.7110

13 February

2014

Report of the

Secretary-General

on BNUB

(S/2014/36)

Draft resolution

submitted by

France, Nigeria

(S/2014/96)

Burundi One Council

member

(United States),

Burundi

Resolution 2137

(2014)

15-0-0

S/PV.7174

14 May 2014

Burundi Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General,b Chair of

the Burundi

configuration of

the Peacebuilding

Commission

All inviteesc

S/PV.7236

6 August 2014

Report of the

Secretary-General

on BNUB

(S/2014/550)

Burundi Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General

Burundi,

Special

Representative

S/PV.7295

5 November

2014

Burundi Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General,b Chair of

the Burundi

configuration of

the Peacebuilding

Commission

All inviteesd

S/PV.7364

21 January

2015

Report of the

Secretary-General

on BNUB

(S/2015/36)

Burundi Under-Secretary-

General for

Political Affairs,

Chair of the

Burundi

configuration of

the Peacebuilding

Commission

All invitees

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abstaining)

S/PV.7388 18 February

2015

S/PRST/2015/6

S/PV.7473

26 June 2015

Burundi Burundi S/PRST/2015/13

S/PV.7482

9 July 2015

Report of the

Secretary-General

on the United

Nations Electoral

Observation

Mission in

Burundi

(S/2015/510)

Burundi Assistant

Secretary-General

for Political

Affairs, United

Nations High

Commissioner for

Human Rightse

All invitees

S/PV.7546

28 October

2015

S/PRST/2015/18

S/PV.7553

9 November

2015

Burundi,

Uganda

Under-Secretary-

General for

Political Affairs,

United Nations

High

Commissioner for

Human Rights,

Special Adviser to

the Secretary-

General on the

Prevention of

Genocide, Chair

of the Burundi

configuration of

the Peacebuilding

Commission,f

Permanent

Observer of the

African Union to

the United

Nations

All inviteesg

S/PV.7557

12 November

2015

Draft resolution

submitted by

France

(S/2015/865)

Resolution 2248

(2015) 15-0-0

a Burundi was represented by its Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. b The Special Representative participated in the meeting via videoconference from Bujumbura. c Burundi was represented by its Minister of the Interior via videoconference from Bujumbura. d Burundi was represented by the Director General of International Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations at the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation via videoconference from Bujumbura.

e The High Commissioner participated in the meeting via videoconference from Geneva. f The High Commissioner, the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General and the Chair of the Burundi configuration participated

in the meeting via videoconference from, respectively, Geneva, Jordan and Bujumbura. g Burundi was represented by its Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation via videoconference from

Bujumbura.

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5. The situation in Sierra Leone


Council held one meeting and issued one presidential

statement in connection with the situation in Sierra

Leone. It received a briefing by the Executive

Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of

the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in

Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) on the final report of the

Secretary-General on UNIPSIL. The Council was also

briefed by the Chairperson of the Sierra Leone

configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission.

At its 7148th meeting, on 26 March 2014, the

Council highlighted the success achieved in Sierra

Leone in the areas of peacebuilding and post-conflict

stabilization, and stressed the importance of continued

international support. Several Council members

recognized the crucial role of the Special Court for

Sierra Leone in providing criminal justice and

fostering reconciliation in the country.16 The Council

adopted a presidential statement on the completion of

the mandate of UNIPSIL and commended the

remarkable achievements made by Sierra Leone.17

__________________

16 S/PV.7148, p. 6 (Jordan); p. 8 (United States); and p. 15

(Rwanda). 17 S/PRST/2014/6.

Meetings: the situation in Sierra Leone

Meeting record


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invitations

Rule 39 and


Decision and vote

(for-against-

abstaining)

S/PV.7148

26 March 2014

Final report of the

Secretary-General

on the United

Nations Integrated

Peacebuilding

Office in Sierra

Leone (UNIPSIL)

(S/2014/192)

Sierra Leone Executive

Representative of

the Secretary-

General and Head

of UNIPSIL,

Chair of the Sierra

Leone

configuration of

the Peacebuilding

Commission

All Council

members, all

invitees

S/PRST/2014/6

6. The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo


Council held 17 meetings, including two closed

meetings with troop- and police-contributing countries,

adopted four resolutions and issued three presidential

statements in relation to the situation concerning the

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The deliberations of the Council focused on, inter

alia, the importance of holding timely elections in

2016, the neutralization of all armed groups, in

particular the military defeat of the March 23

Movement (M23) and its disarmament, demobilization

and reintegration, the promotion of human rights and

the fight against impunity, as well as the problem of

the illegal exploitation and smuggling of natural

resources. Towards the end of 2015, the Council also

considered the exit strategy of the United Nations

Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic

Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).18

During the period under review, by resolutions

2147 (2014) and 2211 (2015), the Council twice

extended the mandate of MONUSCO for periods of

one year each, the last of which was until 31 March

2016.19 Without altering the authorized troop ceiling,

the Council, by resolution 2211 (2015), reduced the

number of troops by 2,000 and expressed its intention

to make the reduction permanent. In 2014 and 2015,

the Council met twice in closed meetings with the

countries contributing troops and police to MONUSCO

pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001).

__________________

18 See the annual reports of the Security Council to the

General Assembly (A/69/2, introduction, paras. 57–63;

and A/70/2, introduction, paras. 29-36); and S/PV.7237.

19 For more information on the mandate of MONUSCO, see


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The sanctions measures against armed groups in

the Democratic Republic of the Congo established

pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) were extended by

resolutions 2136 (2014) and 2198 (2015), until

1 February 2015 and 1 July 2016, respectively.20 By

those resolutions the Council also extended the

mandate of the Group of Experts until 1 February 2015

and 1 August 2016, respectively.21

__________________

20 For more information on the sanctions measures

concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, see

part VII, sect. III, “Measures not involving the use of

armed force in accordance with Article 41 of the

Charter”. 21 For more information on the Committee established

pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) and the mandate of

the Group of Experts established pursuant to that

resolution, see part IX, sect. I.B.

Meetings: the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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(for-against-

abstaining)

S/PV.7094 13 January

2014

Report of the

Secretary-General

on the United

Nations

Organization

Stabilization

Mission in the

Democratic

Republic of the

Congo

(MONUSCO)

(S/2013/757)

Report of the

Secretary-General

on the

implementation of

the Peace, Security

and Cooperation

Framework for the

Democratic

Republic of the

Congo and the

Region

(S/2013/773)

Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General for the

Democratic

Republic of the

Congo and Head

of MONUSCO,

Special Envoy of

the Secretary-

General for the

Great Lakes

Region of Africaa

Special

Representative,

Special Envoy

S/PV.7107

30 January

2014

Letter dated

22 January 2014

from the

Coordinator of the

Group of Experts

on the Democratic

Republic of the

Congo extended

pursuant to

Draft resolution

submitted by

France

(S/2014/55)

Democratic

Republic of

the Congo

One Council

member

(Rwanda),

Democratic

Republic of the

Congo

Resolution 2136

(2014)

15-0-0

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Security Council resolution 2078

(2012) addressed

to the President of

the Security

Council (S/2014/42)

S/PV.7133

(closed)

12 March 2014

Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General

S/PV.7137

14 March 2014

Report of the

Secretary-General

on the

implementation of

the Peace, Security

and Cooperation

Framework for the

Democratic

Republic of the

Congo and the

Region

(S/2014/153)

Report of the

Secretary-General

on MONUSCO

(S/2014/157)

Democratic

Republic of

the Congo

Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General, Special

Envoy of the

Secretary-General

for the Great

Lakes Region of

Africaa

One Council

member

(Rwanda), all

invitees

S/PV.7150

28 March 2014

Report of the

Secretary-General

on the

implementation of

the Peace, Security

and Cooperation

Framework for the

Democratic

Republic of the

Congo and the

Region

(S/2014/153)

Report of the

Secretary-General

on MONUSCO

(S/2014/157)

Draft resolution

submitted by

Australia, France,

Luxembourg,

United States

(S/2014/222)

Democratic

Republic of

the Congo

One Council

member

(Rwanda),

Democratic

Republic of the

Congo

Resolution 2147

(2014)

15-0-0

S/PV.7237

7 August 2014

Report of the

Secretary-General

on MONUSCO

(S/2014/450)

Angola,

Democratic

Republic of

the Congo,

South

Africa,

Uganda

Special

Representative of

the Secretary-

General, Special

Envoy of the

Secretary-General

for the Great

Lakes Region of

Africa

All Council

members, all

inviteesb

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2014

Report of the

Secretary-General

on the

implementation of

the Peace, Security

and Cooperation

Framework for the

Democratic

Republic of the

Congo and the

Region

(S/2014/697)

Report of the

Secretary-General

on MONUSCO

(S/2014/698)

Democratic

Republic of

the Congo

Special

Representative of

the Secre

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