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• 3 September 2024

  The Security Council and Regional Arrangements: Towards Effective Engagement

  Research Report

  It is important to closely examine the relationship between the Council and regional arrangements. With this in mind, this report seeks to provide insights into several aspects of the relationship, including the legal framework underpinning it and the manner in which it has worked in practice.

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• 28 May 2024

  Security Council Elections 2024

  Research Report

  To read the full report, please download the PDF here. On 6 June, the 78th session of the UN General Assembly is scheduled to hold elections for membership of the Security Council. The five seats available for election in 2024, according to...

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• 11 December 2023

  UN Transitions in a Fractured Multilateral Environment

  Research Report

  Insights into the evolving discussion on peace operation transitions and examination of some transition cases exploring Security Council practice, analysis of emerging trends, identification of challenges, and drawing of lessons for planning and managing future transitions.

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• 1 June 2023

  Security Council Elections 2023

  Research Report

  The 77th session of the UN General Assembly is scheduled to hold elections on 6 June for five non-permanent seats of the Security Council for the 2024-2025 term.

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• 2 May 2023

  Security Council Working Methods in Hard Times

  Research Report

  Security Council Report’s report of 2 May, Security Council Working Methods in Hard Times, analyses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine crisis on the Council’s working methods and on its transparency, effectiveness, and accountability. These events affected many aspects of life in the Council: how it meets, how it votes, whom it invites to participate in its meetings, and whom it hears from. They presented elected Council members with challenges but also opportunities to make a difference in the work of the Council. The report also covers the work of key groupings that helped shape the Council’s working methods during this period, including the Security Council’s Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions (IWG) and the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency Group (ACT).  

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• 26 April 2023

  The Financing of AU Peace Support Operations: Prospects for Progress in the Security Council?

  Research Report

  The financing of AU-led peace support operations (AUPSOs) has been an issue in the relationship between the UN and the AU in general, and between the Security Council and the AU Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) in particular, since 2007. Despite advances in recent years, the AU’s Achilles heel remains the lack of adequate resources to support and sustain these operations.    

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