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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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 122 Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council, published in 2017.

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10 versions · 2017–2026

This is an older version — the most recent is A/DEC/80/546

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/DEC/80/546	Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council	—	—
2025	A/DEC/79/570	Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council	477	—
2024	A/DEC/78/561	Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council	—	—
2023	A/DEC/77/559	Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council	—	—
2022	A/DEC/76/572	Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council	447	91%Compare

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At its 92nd plenary meeting, on 19 July 2017, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President:

(a) Decided to reaffirm the central role of the General Assembly concerning 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 seventy-second 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, 66/566 of 13 September 2012, 67/561 of 29 August 2013, 68/557 of 8 September 2014, 69/560 of 14 September 2015 and 70/559 of 27 July 2016, building on the informal meetings held during its seventy-first session, as well as the positions of and proposals made by Member States, reflected in the text and its annex circulated on 31 July 2015, and using the elements of convergence circulated on 12 July 2016 and the elements of commonality and issues for further consideration circulated on 27 June 2017 to help to inform its future work, while

welcoming the active engagement, initiatives and intensive efforts of the President of the General Assembly, and

noting with appreciation the active role and concrete efforts of the Co-Chairs undertaken in a consultative manner 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 seventy-second session of the General Assembly, if Member States so decide;

(d) Decided to include in the agenda of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly the 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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