Reform of the Security Council
Intergovernmental negotiations - Seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly
At its seventy-sixth session, the General Assembly decided to immediately continue intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform in informal plenary of the Assembly at its seventy-seventh session, building on the informal meetings held at its seventy-sixth session, as reflected in the letter dated 16 May 2022 from the Co-Chairs, and on the document entitled “Co-Chairs’ revised elements paper on convergences and divergences on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters”, circulated on 19 May 2022, as well as the positions of and proposals made by Member States, reflected in the text and its annex circulated on 31 July 2015 (pdf), to help to inform its future work; convene the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council during the seventy-seventh session of the Assembly, if Member States so decide; and include the item in the agenda of its seventy-seventh session (decision 76/572).
You will find below information about the informal meetings of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council.
9 March 2023
Morning meeting
You can watch the discussions of the morning meeting of 9 March in the player above (duration: 03:30:31).
Afternoon meeting
You can watch the discussions of the afternoon meeting of 9 March in the player above (duration: 3:29:41).
3 April 2023
Morning meeting
You can watch the discussions of the morning meeting of 3 April in the player above (duration: 03:34:49).
Afternoon meeting
You can watch the discussions of the afternoon meeting of 3 April in the player above (duration: 2:42:27).
4-5 May 2023
4 May, Morning meeting
You can watch the discussions of the morning meeting of 4 May in the player above (duration: 03:05:29).
4 May, Afternoon meeting
You can watch the discussions of the afternoon meeting of 4 May in the player above (duration: 03:32:41).
5 May, Morning meeting
You can watch the discussions of the morning meeting of 5 May in the player above (duration: 00:51:33).
Letters
- Letters from the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly:
- 18 October 2022: Appointment of the Co-Chairs of the intergovernmental negotiations during the 77th Session
- 5 December 2022: Transmission of a letter from the Co-chairs on the first meeting of the intergovernmental negotiations scheduled for 26-27 January 2023
- 30 January 2023: Appointment of a new Co-Chair of the intergovernmental negotiations during the 77th Session
- 28 April 2023: Transmission of a letter from the Co-chairs including the Revised Co-Chairs' Elements Paper on Convergences and Divergences on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters
- 5 June 2023: Transmission of a letter from the Co-chairs summarizing the progress achieved during this session and transmitting the updated document entitled 'Revised Co-Chairs' Elements Paper on Convergences and Divergences on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters'
- 22 June 2023: Transmission of a draft oral decision to be presented for adoption at the plenary meeting of the General Assembly under agenda item 125 'Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council'
- Letters from the Co-Chairs:
- 2 March 2023: Timeline for the upcoming intergovernmental negotiations
- 3 March 2023: Webcasting and record-keeping
- 8 March 2023: Agenda of the meetings of the intergovernmental negotiations
- 24 March 2023: Upcoming informal informal exchanges (‘un-formal conversations’)
- 5 April 2023: Upcoming informal informal exchanges (‘un-formal conversations’)
- 5 April 2023: Launch of the website
- 27 April 2023: Transmission of a letter to the Chair of the Security Council Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions
- 3 May 2023: A Mexican proposal for negotiations on the Security Council reform
- 17 May 2023: Transmission of a letter from the Permanent Mission of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on behalf of the L.69-Group , including a Call to Action and the Handbook on Security Council Reform: 25 Years of Deliberations (56KB)
- 1 June 2023: Transmission of a letter from the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United Nations, in his capacity as the Coordinator of the Arab Group for Security Council Reform
- 18 July 2023: Transmission of a letter from the Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations
- 1 August 2023: Transmission of a letter from the Permanent Representative of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United Nations