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Elected members cite Note 507 and call for stronger Security Council working methods
Summary
The joint statement cited Note 507’s expectation that appointments be agreed by Oct. 1 and said the council must strengthen working methods to ensure timely, predictable allocations of subsidiary bodies; presenters said they are pursuing efforts, including an informal working group on documentation and procedural questions.
The presenters cited Note 507 to underscore the procedural expectation that appointments for chairs be agreed no later than Oct. 1, and they argued the current impasse is inconsistent with the council's agreed working methods.
"Note 507 provides that every effort should be made to agree on the appointment of chairs for the following year no later than one October," the presenter read. The statement said elected members are pursuing constructive efforts, including within an informal working group on documentation and other procedural questions, "to address the current impass and with a view to preventing similar institutional paralysis in the future."
The presenters said they will "utilize all available options to put in place a framework that facilitates the process of appointment of the chairs and vice chairs of the subsidiary bodies in a timely and predictable manner." The transcript did not provide a delivery date for the statement; the presenters said caretaker presidencies have covered urgent work since January 2026 but that caretaker arrangements should not be normalized.
Provenance: topicintro: SEG 079; topfinish: SEG 119.
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