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Annex VII
Previously issued as A/AC.247/1998/CRP.7.
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
II. Relationship between the Security Council, the General Assembly and the general membership of the United Nations
A. Meetings of the Security Council
In the first two lines of paragraph 2 (c), insert "the Secretary-General," between "when" and "special envoys of the Secretary-General".
B. Programme of work of the Security Council
At the end of paragraph 4 (a), add: "In this regard, the Council should consider the provisional work programme for the month in a formal session".
C. Briefings by the President of the Security Council to non-members
In paragraph 6 (b), replace "should provide information about the existence of draft resolutions to the Council" by "should provide information about the main elements of the draft resolutions, presidential statements or other documents under consideration by the Council".
D. Consultations with the troop-contributing countries
After paragraph 8 (d), add "The distribution of a summary of the consultations and the holding of presidential briefings for the general membership".
E. Report of the Security Council to the General Assembly
In the second sentence of paragraph 10 (a), replace "immediately after they are issued by the President of the Council" by "immediately after they are issued by the outgoing President of the Council upon the completion of his/her Presidency".
F. Participation of non-members
At the end of the last line of paragraph 12, add "and obtain information related to issues under consideration by the Council".
III. Subsidiary organs of the Security Council
Add a new paragraph 22 (c) reading:
"Information regarding the substantive work of the subsidiary organs of the Council, including the Sanctions Committees, should be included in the annex to the annual report of the Council to the General Assembly."
