UN Notes by the President of the Security Council

Notes by the President of the Security Council View full list
29 May 2002 S/2002/591 This was the note establishing the seating pattern for non-Council members participating in Council meetings.
22 May 2002 S/2002/199 This note indicated a change in the period covered in the annual report.
1 March 2002 S/2002/207 This was a note by the President of the Council outlining the Terms of Reference for the ad hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa.
15 January 2002 S/2002/70 This note indicated that the Permanent Representative from Cameroon would serve as the chairman of the Informal Working Group on Sanctions until 31 December 2003.
14 January 2002 S/2002/56 This note established joint meetings of the Working Group on Peacekeeping Operations and the TCCs.
29 June 2001 S/2001/640 This note indicated that the Council president should draw the attention of members and regional organisations to Council decisions and relevant presidential press statements, while the Secretariat should make non-state actors aware of resolutions, presidential statements of the Council and presidential press statements.
17 April 2000 S/2000/319 This note by the President of the Council established on a temporary basis an Informal Working Group to develop general recommendations on how to improve the effectiveness of UN sanctions.
31 March 2000 S/2000/274 This note indicated procedures for the distribution of Council statements.
28 February 2000 S/2000/155 This note indicated that newly elected Council members would be invited to observe informal consultations of Council members for one month preceding their term of membership.
30 December 1999 S/1999/1291 This note indicated that the Council agreed that the president should make draft resolutions and presidential statements available to non-Council members and provide them with substantive briefings soon after consultations of the whole.
17 February 1999 S/1999/165 This note emphasised that all Council members be allowed to participate fully in the preparation of Council resolutions and presidential statements.
29 January 1999 S/1999/92 This note by the President of the Security Council indicated the Council's determination to improve the work of sanctions committees and listed a series of practical proposals to this effect.
30 October 1998 S/1998/1016 This note stated that "With effect from 1999, the bureau of each sanctions committee shall be appointed by that committee, following consultations between Council members, either at its first meeting if that meeting takes place in January, or in writing at the instance of the presidency of the Council under a no-objection procedure."
30 April 1998 S/1998/354 This note indicated that the UN Journal should each month include a reminder that member states can pick up copies of the Council tentative forecast of work and that the president make available to all member states the Council calendar.
12 June 1997 S/1997/451 This note indicated that the Council agreed to make modifications to the format of its annual report and attach assessments of the Council's work by presidents during the reporting period that would be informational and not necessarily reflect the views of the Council.