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Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, President of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Assembly President calls on States to advance progress on Security Council reform

8 November 2011
The President of the General Assembly today called on Member States to make headway on the negotiations aimed at making the Security Council a more efficient, transparent, universal, and democratic body.
Security Council.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Azerbaijan wins final vacancy on Security Council

24 October 2011
Azerbaijan will become a member of the Security Council for the first time in its history after winning the final vacancy on the 15-member body during voting today in New York.
General Assembly delegates applaud Morocco after it was elected as a non-permanent member of the Security Council

Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo elected to Security Council

21 October 2011
Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan and Togo will serve as non-permanent members of the 15-member Security Council in 2012-13 after winning their seats during elections held earlier today at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Security Council.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Nine countries compete in upcoming Security Council elections

20 October 2011
Nine countries are formally campaigning for elections tomorrow that will decide which States will occupy five non-permanent seats on the Security Council during 2012-13.
General Assembly President Joseph Deiss

General Assembly chief calls on States to enter real talks on Security Council reform

18 July 2011
The President of the General Assembly today urged United Nations Member States to enter genuine negotiations on reforming the size and membership of the Security Council and to show flexibility in a bid to reach a solution.
General Assembly President Joseph Deiss

Without Security Council reform, UN will lose credibility – General Assembly chief

16 May 2011
The United Nations will lose its credibility as the pre-eminent international forum if Member States are unable to agree on reforming the size, membership and working methods of the Security Council, General Assembly President Joseph Deiss said today.
Security Council in session

Filling of Security Council seats is for Member States to decide – Ban

16 April 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says it is for United Nations Member States to decide which nations fill the non-permanent seats on the Security Council, dispelling any notion that he supports a particular candidate.
Amb. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti

Security Council to discuss linkage between conflicts and under-development

2 February 2011
Beyond the country-specific issues that are usually before it, such as the Middle East conflict and Sudan, the Security Council will this month devote a high-level session to some of the root causes underlying conflict in the world, like poverty and under-development.