Security Council Subsidiary Bodies
The Security Council on 3 January 2012 agreed to elect the following chairpersons of Council committees, sanctions committees and working groups:
| Committee | Relevant Resolution | 2012 Chairperson | 2011 Chairperson |
| Counter-Terrorism | S/RES/1373 (2001) | HE Hardeep Singh Puri (India) | HE Hardeep Singh Puri (India) |
| Vice Chairs: France, Morocco and Russian Federation | Vice Chairs: France, Gabon, and Russian Federation | ||
| Terrorism/Weapons of Mass Destruction | S/RES/1540 (2004) | HE Baso Sangqu (South Africa) | HE Baso Sangqu (South Africa) |
| Vice Chairs: Azerbaijan, Portugal and the UK | Vice Chairs: Lebanon, Portugal and the UK | ||
| Sanctions Committee | Relevant Resolution | 2012 Chairperson | 2011 Chairperson |
| Somalia and Eritrea | S/RES/751 (1992) S/RES/1907 (2009) | HE Hardeep Singh Puri (India) | HE Hardeep Singh Puri (India) |
| Vice Chairs: Pakistan and Togo | Vice Chairs: Lebanon and Nigeria | ||
| Al-Qaida | S/RES/1267 (1999) | HE Peter Wittig (Germany) | HE Peter Wittig (Germany) |
| Vice Chair: Guatemala and Russia | Vice Chairs: Brazil and Russia | ||
| Iraq | S/RES/1518 (2003) | HE Kodjo Menan (Togo) | HE U. Joy Ogwu (Nigeria) |
| Vice Chair: India | Vice Chair: India | ||
| Liberia | S/RES/1521 (2003) | HE Abdullah Hussain Haroon (Pakistan) | HE Nawaf Salam (Lebanon) |
| Vice Chairs: Portugal and South Africa | Vice Chairs: Portugal and South Africa | ||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | S/RES/1533 (2004) | HE Agshin Mehdiyev (Azerbaijan) | HE Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti (Brazil) |
| Vice Chairs: Morocco and Pakistan | Vice Chairs: Gabon and Lebanon | ||
| Côte d’Ivoire | S/RES/1572 (2004) | HE Gert Rosenthal (Guatemala) | HE Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti (Brazil) |
| Vice Chairs: Germany and South Africa | Vice Chairs: Germany and South Africa | ||
| Sudan/Darfur | S/RES/1591 (2005) | HE Nestor Osorio (Colombia) | HE Nestor Osorio (Colombia) |
| Vice Chairs: Azerbaijan and India | Vice Chairs: Bosnia and Herzegovina and India | ||
| Lebanon | S/RES/1636 (2005) | HE Kodjo Menan | HE Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet (Gabon) |
| Vice Chairs: Azerbaijan and Germany | Vice Chairs: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Germany | ||
| DPRK (North Korea) | S/RES/1718 (2006) | HE José Filipe Moraes Cabral (Portugal) | HE José Filipe Moraes Cabral (Portugal) |
| Vice Chairs: Azerbaijan and Togo | Vice Chairs: Lebanon and Nigeria | ||
| Iran | S/RES/1737 (2006) | HE Nestor Osorio (Colombia) | HE Nestor Osorio (Colombia) |
| Vice Chair: Togo | Vice Chair: Nigeria | ||
| Libya | S/RES/1970 (2011) | HE José Filipe Moraes Cabral (Portugal) | HE José Filipe Moraes Cabral (Portugal) |
| Vice Chair: India | Vice Chair: India | ||
| Taliban | S/RES/1988 (2011) | HE Peter Wittig (Germany) | HE Peter Wittig (Germany) |
| Vice Chair: Guatemala and Russia | |||
| Working Group | Relevant Document | 2012 Chairperson | 2011 Chairperson |
| Peacekeeping | S/PRST/2001/3 | Mohammed Loulichki (Morocco) | HE U. Joy Ogwu (Nigeria) |
| Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa | S/2002/207 | HE Baso Sangqu (South Africa) | HE Baso Sangqu (South Africa) |
| Additional Measures on Terrorism | S/RES/1566 (2004) | HE Hardeep Singh Puri (India) | HE Hardeep Singh Puri (India) |
| Children and Armed Conflict | S/RES/1612 (2005) | HE Peter Wittig (Germany) | HE Peter Wittig (Germany) |
| Documentation and Other Procedural Questions | S/2006/66 | HE José Filipe Moraes Cabral (Portugal) | HE Ivan Barbalić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| International Tribunals | Gert Rosenthal (Guatemala) | HE José Filipe Moraes Cabral (Portugal) |
UN Documents
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