Last update:
March 4, 2024
Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization
(1975– )
Documents for the 2022 session
(22 February to 2 March 2022)
Opening of the annual session (22 February 2022): morning 
| afternoon
Report of the Special Committee
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/77/33 | Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (2022) |
Draft report of the Special Committee*
(*The Special Committee decided to only include document A/AC.182/2022/L.1 in its report to the General Assembly)
I. Introduction
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/AC.182/2022/L.1 | Introduction |
II. Maintenance of International Peace and Security
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/AC.182/2022/L.2 (not adopted) |
A. Implementation of the provisions of the Charter relating to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions |
| A/AC.182/2022/L.3 (not adopted) |
B. Introduction and implementation of sanctions imposed by the United Nations |
| A/AC.182/2022/L.4 (not adopted) |
C. Consideration of the revised proposal submitted by Libya with a view to strengthening the role of the United Nations in the maintenance of international peace and security |
| A/AC.182/2022/L.5 (not adopted) |
D. Consideration of the revised working paper submitted by Belarus and the Russian Federation |
| A/AC.182/2022/L.6 (not adopted) |
E. Consideration of the revised working paper submitted by Cuba entitled “Strengthening of the role of the Organization and enhancing its effectiveness – adoption of recommendations” |
| A/AC.182/2022/L.7 (not adopted) |
F. Consideration of the further revised working paper submitted by Ghana on strengthening the relationship and cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations or arrangements in the peaceful settlement of disputes |
III. Peaceful Settlement of Disputes
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/AC.182/2022/L.8 (not adopted) |
A. Means for the settlement of disputes - Exchange of information on State practices regarding the use of judicial settlement |
| A/AC.182/2022/L.9 (not adopted) |
B. Proposal by the Russian Federation to update the Handbook on the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes and establish a website related thereto |
IV. Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/AC.182/2022/L.10 (not adopted) |
Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council |
V. Working methods of the Special Committee and identification of new subjects
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/AC.182/2022/L.11 (not adopted) |
A. Working methods of the Special Committee B. Identification of new subjects |
General statements made at the 2022 session, held on 22 February 2022
- Iran (Islamic Republic of)
(on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement) - European Union
(also on behalf of its member States (the candidate countries of the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania, the country of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidate Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia aligned themselves with the statement) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
(on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations) - Georgia
(on behalf of the Republic of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine)
Statements made in the Working Group of the Whole
Peaceful settlement of disputes
Annual thematic debate on the means for the settlement of disputes, entitled “Exchange of information on State practices regarding the use of judicial settlement”
- Iran (Islamic Republic of)
(on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement) - European Union
(also on behalf of its member States) - Ukraine
(also on behalf of Georgia)
Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council
- Statement by the Security Council Affairs Division on the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council
- Statement by Mr. Huw Llewellyn, Director of Codification Division, on the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs
Working methods of the Special Committee and identification of new subjects
Identification of new subjects
General documents
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/AC.182/L.158 | Provisional agenda |
| A/RES/76/115 | General Assembly resolution 76/115 |
| A/76/33 | 2021 report of the Special Committee |
Maintenance of international peace and security
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/76/186 | Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations related to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions |
| A/RES/64/115 | General Assembly resolution 64/115, annex (Introduction and implementation of sanctions imposed by the United Nations) |
| A/53/33, para. 98 | Revised proposal by Libya (1996) |
| A/69/33, para. 37 | Revised working paper by Belarus and the Russian Federation (2014) |
| A/74/33, annex I | Revised working paper by Cuba (2019) |
| A/74/33, annex II | Further revised working paper by Ghana (2019) |
Peaceful settlement of disputes
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/RES/76/115 | General Assembly resolution 76/115, para.6 |
| A/69/33, para. 52 | Proposal by Russian Federation (2014) |
Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/76/223 | Report of the Secretary-General on the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council |
Working methods and identification of new subjects
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/76/33, annex | Revised working paper by Mexico (2021) |
| A/AC.182/L.159 | Further revised version of the working paper by Mexico (2022) |
| A/75/33, annex II | Proposal by the Islamic Republic of Iran (2020) |
| A/75/33, annex III | Working paper by the Syrian Arab Republic (2020) |
| A/61/33, para. 72 | Revised working paper on Working Methods (2006) |