SC Procedure

Highlighting new developments in Security Council working methods since publication of 'Procedure of the UN Security Council' (see also linked website)

[SC Procedure @SCProcedure]

2027 Security Council presidencies:
Jan-Portugal
Feb-Russia
Mar-Trinidad&Tobago
Apr-UK
May-US
June-Zimbabwe
July-Austria
Aug-Bahrain
Sept-China
Oct-Colombia
Nov-DRC
Dec-France

Kyrgyzstan will be President in 2028.

[Kyrgyz Mission to UN @KyrgyzMissionUN]

Kyrgyzstan at the @UN Security Council for the first time. Looking forward to close work with Austria 🇦🇹, Portugal 🇵🇹, Trinidad 🇹🇹 and Zimbabwe 🇿🇼. 🙏 UN Member States for the credit.

[Vanessa Frazier 🧡 @_VanessaFrazier]

Congrats to all new UNSC member states. I look forward to working with each of you closely to continue advancing important policies for the protection of children in conflict & to end and prevent any violations against them @childreninwar #ProveItMatters

[Richard Gowan @RichardGowan1]

Seeing big picture explaining of UNSC elections, but if 5-6 more UN members had voted for Germany not Austria, they would have gone to second round (as many diplomats expected) with less certain outcome. NOT saying final result would differ but these games pivot on fine margins.

[Austria UN @AustriaUN]

Team 🇦🇹 congratulates the newly elected members on the #UNSC for 2027-2028 🇿🇼🇹🇹🇰🇬🇵🇹! Looking forward to working with you & the whole membership, in the spirit of partnership, dialogue and trust. Sincere gratitude and appreciation for all the support 🇦🇹🤝🇺🇳

[SC Procedure @SCProcedure]

With Kyrgzystan's election, this drops to 59 the number of UN Member States which have not yet served on the Security Council as of 2027⬇️

[Negócios Estrangeiros PT @nestrangeiro_pt]

🇵🇹 Portugal eleito membro não-permanente do Conselho de Segurança das Nações Unidas 🇺🇳 no biénio 2027/2028.

A primeira vitória de sempre para o país na primeira volta da eleição.

[SC Procedure @SCProcedure]

RT @MoFA_ZW: 🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼
Zimbabwe has just won a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, receiving 18…

[SC Procedure @SCProcedure]

Just in case 2 of the Council candidates get equal votes, here are our earlier articles on...

"Decision by Italy and Netherlands to split 2017-18 Council term" https://t.co/tbwifIbQTR

"GA confirms Italy-Netherlands split term arrangement for 2017-18" https://t.co/F5xuDzsXIA

[Colombia at the United Nations in New York @ColombiaONU]

Colombia 🇨🇴 presentó las prioridades de su Presidencia del Consejo de Seguridad durante el mes de junio. Conozca el Plan de Trabajo en el siguiente link: https://t.co/FHg7kCgkot

[Security Council Report @SCRtweets]

Tomorrow (3 June), the UN General Assembly will elect five new #UNSC members for the 2027–2028 term.

🗳️ Seven member states—@AustriaUN, @GermanyUN, @KyrgyzMissionUN, @PHMissionNY, @Portugal_UN, @TTUNMission, and @Zimbabwe_un—are running for the five available seats.

→ Read more: https://t.co/TEGxmNQc1H

[Gabriel Elizondo @elizondogabriel]

The public hearing (interactive dialogue in UN-speak) for Secretary General candidate @mfespinosaEC will be held on Monday, June 15 at 3 pm in the Trusteeship Council. It will be live streamed on UNTV. The other candidates - Grossi, Bachelet, Grynspan, Sall - had their hearings at UNHQ in April.

[Pamela Falk Correspondent @PamelaFalk]

‼️Bangladesh Foreign Minister wins President General Assembly for UNGA81! @BangladeshUN1 @UNWebTV 🎥@PamelaFalk

[Security Council Report @SCRtweets]

On 29 May, @SCRtweets (SCR) co-organized, together with @GermanyUN, @AfricanUnionUN, and the #UN Secretariat a discussion on the operationalization of Council resolution 2719 (2023), focusing on mission support modalities for #AU-led peace support operations.

Hosted at the @AfricanUnionUN and co-sponsored by the #African members of the Council (#A3), the event featured introductory remarks by Ambassador Zenon Ngay Mukongo, Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the UN and A3 Coordinator; Ambassador Thomas Zahneisen, Acting Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the UN; and Nathalie Ndongo-Seh, Director of the Western Africa Division in @UNDPPA and @UNPeacekeeping. Participants also heard presentations from @ZAlghali, Senior Advisor at the AU Permanent Observer Mission to the UN, and Vanessa Kent, Chief of the Support Partnerships Service in the UN Department of Operational Support, who shared insights on the development and implementation of AU-UN mission support modalities. The discussion concluded with remarks by Ambassador Mohammed Edrees, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the UN.

SCR’s Chief Operating Officer, @Klimenop, moderated the event, helping to facilitate an exchange of views on how the #AU and #UN can work together to ensure rapid deployment and effective mission support under the framework of resolution 2719.

We thank all participants for their valuable contributions to this timely and important conversation about the practical application of the Joint AU-UN Mission Support Planning Modalities and ongoing efforts to operationalise resolution 2719.

[PassBlue @pass_blue]

Exclusive: UN labour agency freezes US official's appointment over unpaid dues https://t.co/vRRwq19Dun

[SC Procedure @SCProcedure]

Full text of SC President's 29 May letter on the SG appointment process ⬇️

It anounces that the Security Council "is available to meet with the candidates after the issuance of this letter" & informs that straw polls will begin between 24 & 30 July.

[SC Procedure @SCProcedure]

Full text of SC President's 29 May letter on the SG appointment process ⬇️

It anounces that the Security Council "is available to meet with the candidates after the issuance of this letter" & informs that straw polls will begin between 24 & 30 July.

[Nabil Abi Saab @NabilAbiSaab]

#NEW The UN Secretary-General has submitted three options to the Security Council for implementing Resolution 1701 after UNIFIL's final mandate.

Here are the three pages outlining the options:

[Mike Becker @mabecker17]

These time limits in SA v ISR depart substantially from the normal time limits for second-round submissions, which are typically around 6 months per side. From 2015-25, the longest amount of time allotted for the reply/rejoinder was 10 months in Iran v US [Treaty of Amity].

[Monica Grayley @MonicaGrayley]

On June 9, candidates for UN Secretary-General will take part in the 1st public TV debate in Geneva. The event is co-hosted by #GWLVoices and UN Foundation.
The forum starts @ 3pm at the Ivan Pictet Auditorium, Maison de la Paix. The 5 candidates (left to right) are: @mbachelet, @mfespinosaEC, @rafaelmgrossi, @RGrynspan & @Macky_Sall