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

A/DEC/76/572View PDF

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 123 Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council, published in 2022.

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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	—	—
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At its 94th plenary meeting, on 12 July 2022, 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 and the commitment of Heads of State and Government representing the peoples of the world to instil new life in the discussions on the reform of the Security Council;

(b) Decided to immediately continue intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform in informal plenary of the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh 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, 70/559 of 27 July 2016, 71/553 of 19 July 2017, 72/557 of 29 June 2018, 73/554 of 25 June 2019, 74/569 of 31 August 2020 and 75/569 of 22 June 2021, building on the informal meetings held during its seventy-sixth session, as reflected in the letter dated 16 May 2022 from the Co-Chairs, and on the document entitled “Co-Chairs’ Revised Elements Paper on Convergences and Divergences on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters”, circulated on 19 May 2022, as well as the positions of and proposals made by Member States, reflected in the text and its annex circulated on 31 July 2015, to help to inform its future work;

(c) Welcomed the active engagement, initiatives and intensive efforts of the President of the General Assembly, and noted 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;

(d) 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-seventh session of the General Assembly, if Member States so decide;

(e) Also decided to include in the agenda of the seventy-seventh 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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