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Annual Report of the Security Council

by Jakob S. Lund

On November 12th and 13th, the UN General Assembly (GA) met to discuss the annual report of the Security Council immediately followed by a plenary meeting on the questions of equitable representation in and increase in the membership of the Council.

Finding agreement on Member States’ assessments complicates budget approval

By Lydia Swart
10 November 2009

At the opening of the 64th General Assembly, Security Council reform is often mentioned, but mostly in familiar or vague terms.

Security Council Reform

By Jakob S. Lund, 30 september 2009

Third Round of Intergovernmental Negotiations on UN Security Council Reform Conclude

By Jakob S. Lund and Daniel Safran-Hon

At the 63rd session, Member States started intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform, chaired by Afghan Ambassador Zahir Tanin. The following summarizes three days of negotiations, which took place in early September. Immediately following the final round in this session, the General Assembly opted for the possibility of continued negotiations in the 64th session.

“A New Course in the World, a New Approach at the UN‿ Remarks of US Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Susan E. Rice

By Daniel Safran-Hon, 20 August, 2009

On 12 August 2009 US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, gave a speech at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs and the Center on International Cooperation outlining the Obama Administration’s multilateral approach to the UN.

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