Last update:
March 8, 2024
Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization
(1975– )
Documents for the 2024 session
(20 to 28 February 2024)
Opening of the annual session (20 February 2024 | Conf. Rm. 2): morning | afternoon
Report of the Special Committee
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A/79/33 | Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (2024) |
Draft report of the Special Committee
I. Introduction
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A/AC.182/2024/L.1 | Introduction |
II. Maintenance of International Peace and Security
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A/AC.182/2024/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.182/2024/L.3 (not adopted) |
B. Introduction and implementation of sanctions imposed by the United Nations |
A/AC.182/2024/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.182/2024/L.5 (not adopted) |
D. Consideration of the revised working paper submitted by Belarus and the Russian Federation |
A/AC.182/2024/L.6 (not adopted) |
E. 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.182/2024/L.7 (not adopted) |
A. Means for the settlement of disputes: exchange of information on State practices regarding the use of good offices |
A/AC.182/2024/L.8 (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
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A/AC.182/2024/L.9 + Add.1 (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
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A/AC.182/2024/L.10 (not adopted) |
A. Working methods of the Special Committee B. Identification of new subjects |
General statements made at the 2024 session, held on 20 February 2024
- 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, Serbia, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia, as well as Monaco align themselves with this statement) - Tunisia
(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) - Ukraine
(on behalf of Ukraine, Republic of Moldova, Georgia)
Statements made in the Working Group of the Whole
Maintenance of international peace and security
Implementation of the provisions of the Charter related to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions
- Ms. Michi Ebata, Subsidiary Organs Branch Security Council Affairs Division, DPPA
- Ms. Rashmi Banga, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
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, Serbia, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina align themselves with this statement) - Iran (Islamic Republic of)
(on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement)
Strengthening of the Role of the Organization
- on the proposal submitted by Libya
- Libya
- Iran (Islamic Republic of)
(on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement)
- on the proposal submitted by Cuba
- Iran (Islamic Republic of)
(on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement)
- Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Advisory opinion
- Belarus
- Iran (Islamic Republic of)
(on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement)
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 good offices”
- 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, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Georgia 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
- on the proposal by the Russian Federation and other States
- Dominican Republic
(on behalf of 58 Member States and the European Union) - Brazil
- Dominican Republic
General documents
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A/AC.182/L.163 | Provisional agenda |
A/RES/78/111 | General Assembly resolution 78/111 |
A/78/33 | 2023 report of the Special Committee |
Maintenance of international peace and security
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A/78/114 | 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) |
Peaceful settlement of disputes
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A/RES/78/111 | General Assembly resolution 78/111, para.6 |
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/78/296 | 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
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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/AC.182/L.165 | Further revised proposal by the Islamic Republic of Iran (2024) |
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) |