The Security Council is the most prominent body of the United Nations, charged with maintaining international peace and security. It is also the only UN body whose resolutions are binding to all member states. It has the right to imposing sanctions or even authorize the use of force to maintain or restore international peace and security.
Issues
The Issues for 2019 are:
The Question of:
- The future of the United Nations Security Council
- The threat of a renewed arms race
Rules of Procedure
An amendment or resolution needs 9 votes in favor in order to pass, and an no vote against from any of the P5 countries (China, the United States of America, United Kingdom, Russian Federation and France). Abstentions are always allowed, even in motions to divide the house.
In the Security Council, there is an ad-hoc debate procedure that is used which means that no resolution is prepared beforehand. In the Security Council, delegations hand in individual clauses, each clause is debated and it passes or fails. At the end of the debate, the committee will vote on the resolution as a whole. This way a resolution is created.
The Security Council is allowed to use certain Pre-Ambulatory and Operative Clauses, which are other committees are not. These clauses can be found here
Current Members
The current members of the Security Council are: Belgium, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, France, Germany, Indonesia, Kuwait, Peru, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom and the United States of America
Student Officers
The Student Officers for the Security Council at LEMUN 2019 will be announced shortly.