The Problem of Voting in the Security Council

A/RES/267(III)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1949.

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4 subjects

International Security Rules of Procedure Veto Voting

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17 operative paragraphs

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Recommends to the members of the Security

Recommande a11x membres du Conseil de Council that, without prejudice to any othcr desécurité, sans préjudice de toutes autres décisions cisions which the Security Council may deem procedural, the decisions set forth in the attached comme étant de procédure, <le rnnsidérer i::-omme' annex be deemed procedural and that the memquestions de procédure les décisiuns énumë,-~e:, bers of the Security Council conduct their business accordingly;

vaux en conséquence;

Recommends to the permanent members of

Recommande aux membre;; permanents ûu Conseil de sécurité de s'efforcer de parvenir à the Security Council that they seek agreement among themselves upon what possible decisions un accord pour déterminer sur quelles déci•;ions by the Security Council they might forbear to exercise their veto, when seven affirmative votes d'exercer leur droit de veto lorsque sep1 votes have already been cast in tLe Council, giving affirmatifs auraient été déjà émis au Conseil, favourable consideration to the list of such decisions contained in conclusion 2 of part IV of the report of the Interim Cnmmittce;

2 de la quatrième partie dn rapport de la Commission intérimaire;

Recommends to the permanent members of

Recommande aux membres permanents du the Security Counci), in order to avoid impair- Conseil de sécurité, pour éviter qu'un recours abusi i au veto ne porte atteink à l'efficacité et ment of the usefulness and prestige of the Council through excessive use of the veto:

an prestige du Con,;eil :

To con suit together wherever feasible upon important decisions to be taken by the Security Council;

doit prendre le Conseil de sécurité;

( b) To consult together wherever feasible before a vote is taken if their unanimity is sera possible, avant de passer au Yote. si l'acessential to effective action by the Security tion efficace du Conseil de sécurité dépend de Council;

leur unanimité;

( c) If there is not unanimity, to exercise the c) Sïl n'y a pas unanimité, de n'exercer le veto only when they consider the question of droit de veto que lorsque, tenant compte de l'invital importance, taking into account the interest of the United Nations as a whole, and to state upon what ground they consider this condition to be present;

estiment qu'il en est ainsi;

Recommends to the Members of the United

4. Recommande aux Membres des Nations Nations that in agreements conferring fonctions on the Security Council such conditions of voting butions au Conseil de sécurité, les conditions de within that body be provided as would to the vote an sein de cet organe soient prévues de greatest extent feasible exclude the application façon à exclure, dans la plus large mesure pos · of the rule of unanimity of the permanent sible, l'application de la règle de l'unanimité des members.

membres permanents.

Hundred and nincty-fifth plrnary meeting,

Cent q11atre-i1i11gt-qui11::ièmc séance plénière,

14 April 1949.

le 14 avril 1949.

'Voir Je document A/578.

'See document .A/578.

ANNEX Decisions deemcd procedural Decision to postpone consi<leration of or voting on a recommendation of a State for membership until the next occasion for the consideration of applications.

Submission to the General Assembly of any questions relating to the maintenance of international peace and security.

Request to the General Assembly that the General Assembly make a recommendation on a dispute or situation in respect of which the Security Council is exercising the ftlnctions assignecl to it in the Charter.

Consent to notification by the Secretary- General to the General Assembly or to Members of the United Nations of any matters relative to the maintenance of international peace and security which are being dealt with by the Security Council.

Consent to notifica,ion by the Secretary- General to the General Assembly or to Members of the tTnite<l Nations of any matters relative to the maintenance of international peace ami securitv with which the Security Council ceases to deal.

Request to the Secretary-General for the convocation of a special session of the General Assembly.

Approval of credentials of representatives of members of the Security Council.

Approval of annual reports to the General Assembly.

Submission and approval of special reports to the General Assembly.

Organization of the Security Council in such manner as to enable it to function continuously.

Arrangement of the holding of perio<lic meetings.

Holding of meetings at places other than the seat of the United Nations.

Establishment of such subsidiary organs as the Security Council deems necessary for the performance of its fonctions.

Steps incidental to the establishment of a suhsidiary organ: appointment of members, terms of reference, interpretation of terms of reference, rcference of questions for study, approval of rules of procedure. However, the approval of the terms of reference of such subsi<liary organs should require the unanimity of the permanent members if the subsidiary organ were given authority to take steps which, if taken by the Security Council, woukl be subject to the veto, or if the conferring of such authority would constitute a non-proce<lural decision.

Adoption of mies of procedure:

Decisions to adopt rules of procedure and decisions in application of the provisional rules of proce<lure, not contained elsewhere in the list:

( 1) ÜYerruling- of rnling of the President on a point of order ( rule 30). D,;cisions considà,;cs comme étant de procédure Ajourner la discussion 011 le vote d'une recommandation tendant à l'admission d'un Etat jusq~1·au prochain examen de demandes d'admission.

Saisir l'Assemhlèe générale de toutes questions

sécurité internationales.

Demander à l'Assemblée génàale de faire une recommandation sur un différend ou sur 1me situation à l'égard desquels le Conseil de sécurité

la Charte.

Donner son assentiment à ce que le Secrétaire général porte à la connaissance. de l'Assemblée générale ou des Membres de l'Organisation des affaires, quelles qu'elles soient, relatives au main-

Donner son assentiment à ce que le Secrétaire général porte à la connaissance de l'Assemblée générale ou des Membres de l'Org-anisation des affaires, quelles qu'elles soient, relatives au main-

Demander au Secrétaire gént'-ral de convoquer une session extraordinaire de l'Assemblée généralr.

membres du Conseil de sécurité.

Adopter des rapports annuels destinés à I' Assemblée générale.

mettre à l'Assemblée générale.

Organiser le Conseil de sécurité de manière qu'il puisse exercer ses fonctions en permanence.

nions périodiques.

Tenir des réunions en dehors du siège de l'Organisation.

de sécurité juge nécessaires à l'exercice de ses fonctions.

Prendre les dispositions auxquelles donne li<'u la création d'un org-ane subsidiaire: nomination des membres, mandat, intcrprètation <lu mandat, renvoi de questions pour étude, approbation du règlement intérieur. Toutefois l'unanimité des membres permanents serait exigée pour l'approbation du mandat d·un organe subsidiaire dans le cas où celui-ci serait habilité à prendre

Conseil de sécurité, seraient sujettes au droit de veto, ou bien dans Je cas où cdk attribution dt' pouvoirs constituerait une décision Ill' présentant pas un caractère de procédure.

Adoption de règlcs de proddure ( règlement intérieur) :

Décisions touchant l'adoption de règles de procédure ainsi que déci~ions prises en application

visées par aucune autre rubrique de la préscnk bte:

sur llllt' motion d'ordre (article 30).

Order of principal motions and draft resolutions (rule 32).

To suspend the meeting; to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn the meeting to a certain day or hour; to postpone discussion of the question to a certain day or indefinitely ( rule 33).

( 4) Order in which amendments to motions or draft resolutions are to be voted upon ( rule 36).

Request to members of the Secretariat or to other persons for information or for other assistance ( rule 39).

Publication of documents in any language other than the official Janguages ( rule 47).

To hold a meeting in private (rule 48).

To determine what records shall be kept of a private meeting ( rule S 1).

To approve important corrections to the records ( rule 52).

To grant access to the records of private meetings to authorized representatives of other Members of the United Nations (rule 56).

To determine which records and doet1- ments shall be made available to other Members of the United Nations, which shall be made public, and which shall remain confidential ( rule 57).

Adoption of the method of selecting the President.

Participation without vote of Members of the United Nations not members of the Security Council in the discussion of any question brought before the Security Council whenever the Security Council considers that the interests of those Members are specially affected.

Invitation to a Member of the United Nations which is not a member of the Security Council or to any State which is not a Member of the United Nations to participate without vote in the discussion relating to a dispute to which it is a party.

Enunciation of conditions for such participation of a State which is not a Member of the United Nations.

Decision whether a State not a Member of the United Nations has acceptèd the conditions deemed just by the Security Council for participation under Article 32 of the Charter.

Approval of credentials of representatives of States invited under Articles 31 and 32 of the Charter and rule 39 of the provisional rules of procedure.

Decision to remind Members of their obligations under the Charter.

Establishment of procedures for the hearing of disputes or situations.

Request for information on the progress or the results of resort to peaceful means of settlement.

2) Fixer l'ordre dans lequel sont examines lution ( article 32).

3) Suspendre la séance; lever la séance ; ajourner la séance à une heure ou à un jour déterminés; remettre la discussion d'une question à un jour déterminé ou sine die ( article 33).

4) Déterminer l'ordre dans lequel seront mis ou un projet de résolution fait l'objet ( article 36).

5) Inviter les membres du Secrétariat ou d'autres personnes à lui fournir des renseignements ou à l'assister d'une autre façon ( article 39).

6) Publier des documents dans toute langue non officielle ( article 47).

7) Tenir une séance privée (article 48).

8) Décider sous quelle forme sera établi le procès-verbal d'une séance privée ( article 51).

9) Approuver les rectifications importantes aux procès-verbaux ( article 52).

JO) Donner accès aux procès-verbaux des séances privées aux représentants autorisés d'autres Membres des Nations Unies (article 56).

un caractère confidentiel ( article 57).

Participation sans droit de vote de Membres de

Conseil de sécurité à la discussion de toute question soumise au Conseil de sécurité, chaque fois bres sont particulièrement ë.!I~ctés.

Convier un Membre des Nations Unies qui n'est pas membre du Conseil de sécurité ou tout Etat qui n'est pas Membre des Nations Unies à participer sans droit de vote aux discussions relatives à un différend auquel il est partie.

Enoncer les conditions mises à cette participation d'un Etat qui n'est pas :-1embre de l'Organisation.

Déterminer si un Etat qui n'est pas Membre Conseil de sécurité a estimé juste de mettre à la participation de cet Etat en vertu de !'Article 32 de la Charte.

conviés à participer aux discussions en vertu cle 39 du règlement intérieur provisoire.

Rappeler aux Etats Membres les obligations

Fixer des règles de procédure pour l'examen des différends ou des situations.

grès réalisés ou les résultats obtenus en cas de recours à des moyens pacifiques de règlement.

Deletion of a question from the list of questions of which the Security Council is seized.

Decision to consider and discuss a dispute or a situation brought before the Security Council ( adoption of the. agenda).

Decision whether a State not a Member of the United Nations has accepted, for the purposes of the dispute which it desires to bring fo the attention of the Security Council, the obligations of pacifie settlement provided in the Charter.

Invitation to a Member of the United Nations not a member of the Security Council to participate in the decisions of the Security Council concerning the employment of contingents of that Member's armed forces.

Approval of mies of procedure and organization of the Military Staff Committee.

Request for assistance from the Economie and Social Council.

Decision to avail itself of the assistance of the Trusteeship Council to perform those functio1!-s of the United Nations under the Trusteesh1p System relating to political, econbmic, social and educational matters in the strategic areas.

Decision to dispense, on grounds of security, with the assistance of the Trusteeship Council.

Request of the Security Council for the appointment of a joint conference for the purpose of choosing one name for each vacant seat in the International Court of Justice.

Fixation of a period within which those members of the International Court of Justice who have already been elected shall proceed to fill the vacant seats by selection from among those candidates who have obtained votes either in the General Assembly or in the Security Council.

Fixation cf the date of the election to fill vacancies in the International Court of Justice.

RESTORATION TO THE GENERAL ACT OF 26 SEP- RESTITUTION À L'ACTE GÉNÉRAL DU 26 SEP- TEMBRE 1928 DE SON EFFICACITÉ PRE/,IIÈRE TEMBER 1928 OF ITS ORIGINAL EFFICACY

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