Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Related Matters

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 119 Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters, published in 2011.

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16 versions · 2001–2016

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2016	A/DEC/70/559	Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters	350	—
2016	A/DEC/69/560	Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters	—	—
2015	A/DEC/68/557	Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters	341	87%Compare
2013	A/DEC/67/561	Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters	304	86%Compare
2012	A/DEC/66/566	Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters	318	69%Compare

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At its 118th plenary meeting, on 12 September 2011, the General Assembly:

(a) Decided to immediately continue intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform in informal plenary of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session, as mandated by Assembly decisions 62/557 of 15 September 2008, 63/565 B of 14 September 2009 and 64/568 of 13 September 2010, building on the progress achieved during its sixty-fifth session, as well as the positions of and proposals made by Member States, while noting with appreciation the initiatives and intensive efforts of the President of the General Assembly and the Chair of the intergovernmental negotiations, including the preparation of the text reflecting the positions of and proposals submitted by Member States, with a view to an early comprehensive reform of the Council;

(b) Also decided to 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 sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, if Member States so decide;

(c) Further decided to include in the agenda of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly an item entitled “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council”.

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