Working Methods Handbook
The Security Council:
Working Methods Handbook
ISBN 13: 9789211370355
Sales Number: 11.VII.1
Publisher: UN/DPI
This Handbook is designed both for insiders as well as the public at large. It contains an introduction which places the Security Council in the larger context of the United Nations and how it operates. It is followed by practical information of the Security Council agenda, briefings, meetings, programme of work, membership, etc., as well as by the articles of the UN Charter related to the work of the Security Council, its Provisional Rules of Procedure, and other documents. It also includes a glossary of terms related to the Security Council.
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Note by the President of the Security Council [S/2010/507]:
- Agenda
- Briefings
- Documentation
- Informal consultations
- Meetings
- Programme of work
- Resolutions and presidential statements
- Subsidiary bodies
- Matters of which the Council is seized
- Communication with the Secretariat and outside
- Security Council missions
- Annual report
- Newly elected members
- Annexes:
- Selected Articles of the UN Charter related to the Security Council
- Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Security Council [S/96/Rev.7]
- Documents:
- Security Council Press Statement on adoption of revised 507 Note (S/2010/507), 26 July 2010
- Background Note on the “Arria-Formula” Meetings of the Security Council Members
- "Arria-formula" meetings
- Informal interactive dialogues and other informal meetings of the Security Council
- Formats of Meetings Related to the Security Council
- Major Types of Actions Taken by the Security Council
- Security Council Handbook Glossary