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 2023 session
(21 February to 1 March 2023)
Opening of the annual session (21 February 2023): morning 
| afternoon
Report of the Special Committee
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/78/33 | Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (2023) |
Draft report of the Special Committee*
(*The Special Committee decided to only include document A/AC.182/2023/L.1 in its report to the General Assembly)
I. Introduction
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/AC.182/2023/L.1 | Introduction |
II. Maintenance of International Peace and Security
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/AC.182/2023/L.2 (not adopted) |
A. Introduction and implementation of sanctions imposed by the United Nations |
| A/AC.182/2023/L.3 (not adopted) |
B. 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.182/2023/L.4 (not adopted) |
C. Consideration of the revised working paper submitted by Belarus and the Russian Federation |
| A/AC.182/2023/L.5 (not adopted) |
D. Consideration of the revised working paper submitted by Cuba on the strengthening of the role of the Organization and enhancing its effectiveness: adoption of recommendations |
III. Peaceful Settlement of Disputes
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/AC.182/2023/L.6 (not adopted) |
A. Means for the settlement of disputes: exchange of information on State practices regarding the resort to regional agencies or arrangements |
| A/AC.182/2023/L.7 (not adopted) |
B. Proposal by the Russian Federation to recommend that the Secretariat be requested to establish a website on the peaceful settlement of disputes and update the Handbook on the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes between States |
IV. Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/AC.182/2023/L.8 (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.182/2023/L.9 (not adopted) |
A. Working methods of the Special Committee B. Identification of new subjects |
General statements made at the 2023 session, held on 21 February 2023
- Iran (Islamic Republic of)
(on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
(on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations) - European Union
(also on behalf of its member States; the candidate countries of the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the potential candidate country Georgia, as well as Andorra and Monaco align themselves with this statement) - Ukraine
(on behalf of the Republic of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) - Australia
(on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand (CANZ))
Statements made in the Working Group of the Whole
Maintenance of international peace and security
Introduction and implementation of sanctions imposed by the United Nations
- Presentation by Ms. Michi Ebata, Subsidiary Organs Branch Security Council Affairs Division, DPPA
Advisory opinion
Peaceful settlement of disputes
Annual thematic debate on the means for the settlement of disputes, entitled “Exchange of information on State practices regarding the resort to regional agencies or arrangements”
- Iran (Islamic Republic of)
(on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement) - European Union
(also on behalf of its member States; the candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina align themselves with this statement)
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
- Accompanying chart
- Statement by Mr. Huw Llewellyn, Director of Codification Division, on the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs
- Accompanying chart
Working methods of the Special Committee and identification of new subjects
Identification of new subjects
General documents
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/AC.182/L.160 | Provisional agenda |
| A/RES/77/109 | General Assembly resolution 77/109 |
| A/77/33 | 2022 report of the Special Committee |
Maintenance of international peace and security
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| 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 (withdrawn) |
Further revised working paper by Ghana (2019) |
Peaceful settlement of disputes
| Symbol | Description |
|---|---|
| A/RES/77/109 | General Assembly resolution 77/109, para.5 |
| A/AC.182/L.162 | Peaceful settlement of disputes: Explanatory note by the Non-Aligned Movement on the identification of “other peaceful means” of pacific settlement of disputes in Article 33 (1) of the Charter of the United Nations adopted in paragraph 5 (b) of General Assembly resolution 77/109 |
| 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/77/303 | 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/AC.182/L.161 | Revised proposal by the Islamic Republic of Iran (2023) |
| A/AC.182/L.159 | Further revised version of the working paper by Mexico (2022) |
| 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) |