Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council
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Agenda items
An overview of the Council¡¯s activities for each item on its agenda during the period covered by individual supplements of the Repertoire.
Procedural issues
Application of the provisional rules of procedure and of Articles of the UN Charter which form the procedural framework within which the Council organizes its work and decisions.
Constitutional issues
Application and discussion of the Articles of the UN Charter with reference to the Security Council¡¯s functions, powers and measures.
Subsidiary organs
Subsidiary organs, including special political missions, peacekeeping operations, sanctions committees, working groups and others.
Structure of the Repertoire
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The first edition of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council covered the years 1946-1951 and was issued in 1954. All subsequent editions are referred to as Supplements. From 1952-2017, each Supplement covered a period ranging from two to four years. Since 2018, Supplements have been covering a period of one year.
- 1946 - 1951
- 1952 - 1955 1st supplement
- 1956 - 1958 2nd supplement
- 1959 - 1963 3rd supplement
- 1964 - 1965 4th supplement
- 1966 - 1968 5th supplement
- 1969 - 1971 6th supplement
- 1972 - 1974 7th supplement
- 1975 - 1980 8th supplement
- 1981 - 1984 9th supplement
- 1985 - 1988 10th supplement
- 1989 - 1992 11th supplement
- 1993 - 1995 12th supplement
- 1996 - 1999 13th supplement
- 2000 - 2003 14th supplement Vol.I | Vol.II
- 2004 - 2007 15th supplement
- 2008 - 2009 16th supplement
- 2010 - 2011 17th supplement
- 2012 - 2013 18th supplement
- 2014 - 2015 19th supplement
- 2016 - 2017 20th supplement
- 2018 21st supplement
- 2019 22nd supplement
- 2020 23rd supplement
- 2021 24th supplement
- 2022 25th supplement
Browse By Chapters or Parts
From the years 1946-2007, each Supplement to the Repertoire is organized into 12 chapters. From 2008 onwards, each Supplement is organized into 10 parts covering the four Primary Areas of the Repertoire.
- Chapter 1 Provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council (Articles 28, 30, 98; Rules of procedure 1-5, 13-36, 40-67)
- Chapter 2 Agenda (Rules of procedure 6-12)
- Chapter 3 Participation in the proceedings of the Security Council (Articles 31, 32, 35 (1); (Rules of procedure 37-39)
- Chapter 4 Voting (Article 27; Rule of procedure 40)
- Chapter 5 Subsidiary organs of the Security Council
- Chapter 6 Relations with other 51³Ô¹Ï organs
- Chapter 7 Practice relative to recommendations to the General Assembly regarding membership in the 51³Ô¹Ï
- Chapter 8 Consideration of questions under the Council¡¯s responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. (Overview by agenda item)
- Chapter 9 Decisions in the exercise of other functions and powers
- Chapter 10 Consideration of the provisions of Chapter VI of the UN Charter
- Chapter 11 Consideration of the provisions of Chapter VII of the UN Charter
- Chapter 12 Consideration of the provisions of other Articles: Other Articles of the Charter - Purposes and principles, functions and powers of the Security Council and Regional Arrangements
- Part I Overview of Security Council Activities in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security (Overview by agenda item)
- Part II Provisional Rules of Procedure
- Part III Purposes and Principles of the 51³Ô¹Ï Charter (Chapter I of the Charter)
- Part IV Relations with other 51³Ô¹Ï organs
- Part V Functions and Powers of the Security Council (Chapter V of the Charter)
- Part VI Pacific Settlement of Disputes (Chapter VI of the Charter)
- Part VII Actions 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 and other bodies
- Part X Subsidiary organs: Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Research and Analysis
The Research and Analysis page provides links to tables on procedural and constitutional topics relating to the practice of the Security Council that were included in the volumes of the Repertoire in different periods. It also includes new tables, graphs and other data sets that provide information over larger periods spanning multiple volumes of the Repertoire. This section will be updated with new data sets and tables as they are completed.