Fifty-second Session · Supplement No. 47 (A/52/47)
United Nations · New York, 24 August 1998
Report of 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
Contents
I.Introduction
II.Proceedings of the Open-ended Working Group during the fifty-second session of the General Assembly
III.Recommendations
Annex I.General Assembly resolution 48/26 of 3 December 1993
Annex II.Programme of work of the Open-ended Working Group during the fifty-second session of the General Assembly
Annex III. Conference room paper submitted by the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group: working methods of the Security Council, transparency of its work, as well as its decision-making process
Annex IV. Conference room paper submitted by the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group: working methods of the Security Council, transparency of its work, as well as its decision-making process
Annex V. Conference room paper submitted by the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group: working methods of the Security Council, transparency of its work, as well as its decision-making process
Annex VI.Proposed amendments to document A/AC.247/1998/CRP.4, submitted by Italy, dated 23 February 1998: relationship between the Security Council, the General Assembly and the general membership of the United Nations
Annex VII. Proposed amendments to document A/AC.247/1998/CRP.4, submitted by the Republic of Korea, dated 27 February 1998: relationship between the Security Council, the General Assembly and the general membership of the United Nations
Annex VIII.Proposed amendments to document A/AC.247/1998/CRP.4/Rev.2, submitted by the Republic of Korea, dated 9 July 1998, on the working methods of the Security Council, transparency of its work, as well as its decision-making process
Annex IX.Conference room papers related to item 2 of the programme of work, Decision-making in the Security Council, including the veto
Annex X.Conference room paper prepared by the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group: summary of proposals made by delegations during the deliberations of the Open-ended Working Group, dated 27 April 1998
Annex XI.Conference room paper prepared by the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group: summary of proposals made by delegations during the deliberations of the Open-ended Working Group, dated 12 May 1998
Annex XII.Study on the legal basis of the veto: letter dated 11 August 1997 from the Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs and Conference Services addressed to the Vice-Chairman of the Open-ended Working Group
Annex XIII.Letter dated 28 January 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Egypt addressed to the President of the General Assembly
Annex XIV. Proposals on decision-making in the Security Council and the veto right, submitted by Germany, dated 21 April 1998: voting rights of the existing permanent members
Annex XV. The veto as a voting instrument in the Security Council: proposal submitted by the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Annex XVI.Proposals on decision-making in the Security Council, including the veto, submitted by Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal and Slovenia, dated 25 June 1998
AnnexXVII. Proposal on the issue of the veto, submitted by Chile, dated 26 June 1998
AnnexXVIII.Conference room paper submitted by the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group: sets of outstanding issues related to the expansion of the Security Council, dated 1 May 1998
AnnexXIX.Conference room paper submitted by the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group: sets of outstanding issues related to the expansion of the Security Council, dated 25 June 1998
AnnexXX.Conference room paper submitted by the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group: summary of the proposals made on the issue of the extension of the veto to the new permanent members, dated 6 July 1998
AnnexXXI.Letter dated 27 January 1998 from the Permanent Representative of Bahrain, in his capacity as Chairman of the Group of Arab States for the month of January 1998 addressed to the President of the General Assembly
AnnexXXII.Proposals on decision-making in the Security Council and the veto right, submitted by Germany, dated 22 April 1998: voting rights of the new permanent members
AnnexXXIII. Joint position paper of the States members of the Group of Eastern European States eligible for non-permanent membership in the Security Council: the matter of allocation of one additional non-permanent seat for this Group in the enlarged membership of the Security Council, submitted by Hungary, as Chairman of the Group of Eastern European States for the month of May 1998
AnnexXXIV.Decision of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity on the procedure for rotation of the two permanent seats claimed by Africa, transmitted by Senegal
AnnexXXV.Conference room paper submitted by the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group: summary of proposals made on the periodic review of the enlarged Security Council, dated 20 May 1998
AnnexXXVI.Conference room paper submitted by the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group: summary of proposals made on the periodic review of the enlarged Security Council dated 25 June 1998
AnnexXXVII.Proposed amendment to document A/AC.247/1998/CRP.13 on the periodic review of the enlarged Security Council, submitted by the Republic of Korea, dated 25 June 1998
AnnexXXVIII.Conference room paper submitted by the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group: previous discussions on the issue of the majority required for taking decisions on Security Council reform, dated 27 May 1998
AnnexXXIX.Conference room paper submitted by the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group: summary of the proposals on the issue of the majority required for taking decisions on Security Council reform, dated 2 July 1998
AnnexXXX.Paper transmitted by Peru to the Open-ended Working Group, dated 17 July 1998: majority required for the adoption of decisions on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council and convening of a special session of the General Assembly to decide on this issue, among other matters
AnnexXXXI.Letter dated 10 July 1998 transmitted by Egypt, in its capacity as coordinator of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries: paragraphs related to the reform of the Security Council which appeared in the final communiqué of the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries [original paragraphs 53 through 65] held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on 19 and 20 May 1998
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