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

A/DEC/67/561View PDF

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 117 Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters, published in 2013.

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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 97th plenary meeting, on 29August 2013, the General Assembly:

(a) Decided to reaffirm the central role of the General Assembly on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council;

(b) Also decided to immediately continue intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform in informal plenary of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, as mandated by Assembly decisions 62/557 of 15 September 2008, 63/565 B of 14 September 2009, 64/568 of 13 September 2010, 65/554 of 12 September 2011 and 66/566 of 13 September 2012, building on the informal meetings held during its sixty-seventh session, as well as the positions of and proposals made by Member States, while welcoming the active engagement, initiatives and intensive efforts of the President of the General Assembly, and taking note of the previous proposals of the Chair of the intergovernmental negotiations, and noting with appreciation his active role and concrete efforts, 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 Security Council;

(c) Further 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-eighth session of the General Assembly if Member States so decide;

(d) Decided to include in the agenda of the sixty-eighth 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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