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Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization

(1975– )

Documents for the 2025 session

(18 to 26 February 2025)

• Provisional programme of work

Opening of the annual session (18 February 2025 | Conf. Rm. 2): morning  | afternoon 

Report of the Special Committee

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A/80/33	Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (2025)

Draft report of the Special Committee

I. Introduction

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A/AC.182/2025/L.1	Introduction

II. Maintenance of International Peace and Security

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A/AC.182/2025/L.2	A. Introduction and implementation of sanctions imposed by the United Nations
A/AC.182/2025/L.3	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.182/2025/L.4	C. Consideration of the revised working paper submitted by Belarus and the Russian Federation
A/AC.182/2025/L.5	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

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A/AC.182/2025/L.6	A. Means for the settlement of disputes - Exchange of information on State practices regarding the use of procedures envisaged in the Charter and other international instruments
A/AC.182/2025/L.7	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

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A/AC.182/2025/L.8	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

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A/AC.182/2025/L.9	A. Working methods of the Special Committee B. Identification of new subjects

General statements made at the 2025 session, held on 18 February 2025

• Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement)
• European Union
  (also on behalf of its member States; the candidate countries Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia, as well as Monaco align themselves with this statement)
• Kuwait
  (on behalf of Arab Group)
• Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  (on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations)

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
• European Union
  (also on behalf of its member States; the candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, the Republic of Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia, align themselves with this statement)

Strengthening of the Role of the Organization

• on the proposal submitted by Libya
  • Libya

Advisory opinion

• Belarus

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 procedures envisaged in the Charter and other international instruments”

• Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement)
  • Introduction of the explanatory note
• European Union
  (also on behalf of its member States; the candidate countries Montenegro, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia, align themselves with this statement)
• Ukraine
  (on behalf of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine)

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. Arnold Pronto, 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

• on the proposal by Mexico
  • Mexico
• on the proposal by the Russian Federation and other States
  • Russian Federation
    (on behalf of Belarus, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Nicaragua, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Russian Federation)

General documents

Symbol	Description
A/AC.182/L.166	Provisional agenda
A/RES/79/125	General Assembly resolution 79/125
A/79/33	2024 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)

Peaceful settlement of disputes

Symbol	Description
A/RES/79/125	General Assembly resolution 79/125, 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

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A/79/188	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.168	Further revised version of the working paper by Mexico (2025)
A/AC.182/L.167	Further revised proposal by the Islamic Republic of Iran (2025)
A/AC.182/L.164	Working paper submitted by Belarus, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Mali, Nicaragua, the Russian Federation, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Syrian Arab Republic and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (2024)
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)