Mission
SCR’s mission is to advance the transparency and effectiveness of the UN Security Council. We seek to achieve this by making available timely, balanced, high-quality information about the activities of the Council and its subsidiary bodies; by convening stakeholders to deepen the analysis of issues before the Council and its working methods and performance; by encouraging engagement of the Council with all member states and civil society; and by building capacity on Council practice and procedure through assisting incoming members and other training and assistance programmes. SCR is independent and impartial; it advocates transparency but does not take positions on the issues before the Council.
Sponsoring Governments and Foundations
FOUNDATIONS
Andrew Carnegie Foundation (formerly Carnegie Corporation of New York)
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Open Society Foundations
GOVERNMENTS
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
Germany
India
Ireland
Kuwait
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malta
Norway
Portugal
Republic of Korea
Singapore
Spain
Switzerland
The Netherlands
Türkiye
United Arab Emirates
Board Members
Natalie Samarasinghe (Chair)
Executive Director of Public Engagement Platform and former CEO of the United Nations Association-UK
Ambassador Hedda Samson (Treasurer)
Deputy Head of Delegation of the EU to the UN
Ambassador Tareq Albanai
Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the United Nations
The Honorable Lloyd Axworthy
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada
Ambassador Maritza Chan Valverde
Head of Department of Disarmament, Counterterrorism, and Organized Crime, Costa Rica Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador Mohamed Fathi Ahmed Edrees
Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations
Ambassador Olivier Maes
Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations
Joshua Mintz
Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, MacArthur Foundation (in personal capacity)
Allan Rock
Former Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations
Ambassador Christian Wenaweser
Permanent Representative of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United Nations
Staff
Shamala Kandiah Thompson, Executive Director
Katerina Limenopoulou, Chief Operating Officer
Paul Romita, Managing Editor
Alina Entelis, Deputy Managing Editor, What’s in Blue
Dawit Yirga, Deputy Managing Editor, Research
Vladimir Sesar, Development and Outreach Manager
Jonathan Ahn, Operations Coordinator
Sara Bertotti, Senior Policy Analyst
Erik Ramberg, Senior Policy Analyst
Andrew Azzopardi, Policy Analyst
Gaurav Redhal, Policy Analyst
Rodrigo Saad, Policy Analyst
Ashley Onwuzuruike, Research Intern
Annual Reports
Security Council Report was incorporated on 17 November 2004 in New York as a not-for-profit organisation. Annual Reports and the annual Audited Financial Statements will be published here as they become available.
Click here for the full list of Annual Reports and Audited Financial Statements.
A copy of the latest Financial Report and registration filed by this organisation may be obtained by contacting Security Council Report.
Speeches & Media
Security Council Report has been cited by Al Jazeera, the Associated Press, ARD German TV, BBC, CBC, CNN, Economist, Financial Times, Foreign Policy, Huffington Post, New York Times, El Pais, Radio New Zealand, Reuters, Swiss Radio, UN Radio and other media groups. Additionally, SCR regularly participates in international conferences. Live links to such interviews, print media, speeches and statements can be found here.
