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Annex VIII
Proposed amendments to document A/AC.247/1998/CRP.4/Rev.2, submitted by the Republic of Korea, dated 9 July 1998, on the working methods of the Security Council, transparency of its work, as well as its decision-making process
II. Relationship between the Security Council, the General Assembly and the general membership of the United Nations
B. Security Council programme of work and agenda of its meetings and informal consultations
In paragraph 4, subparagraph (a), line 4, delete "Whenever possible".
C. Briefings by the President of the Security Council to non-members, availability of draft resolutions and summaries of meetings and consultations
In paragraph 6:
- In subparagraph (a), fourth sentence, replace "held before briefings" with "held no later than briefings".
- In subparagraph (b), line 2, insert "in consultation with the members of the Council" between "Secretariat" and "and circulated".
- In subparagraph (c), line 2, replace "resolutions and draft presidential statements" with "resolutions, draft presidential statements or other documents".
- Add a new subparagraph 22 (f) reading: "Briefings should be announced in the Journal of the United Nations".
E. Reports of the Security Council to the General Assembly
In paragraph 10:
- In the second sentence of subparagraph (a), insert "as official documents" between "distributed" and "to non-members".
- In subparagraph (b), line 2, replace "detailed and analytical" with "detailed and comprehensive".
- In subparagraph (f) (ii), replace "progress of work of the subsidiary organs of the Council, in particular the sanctions committees" with "other substantive work of the subsidiary organs of the Council, in particular the sanctions committees, in the annex of the annual report".
F. Participation of non-members in meetings of the Security Council and informal consultations of the whole
In paragraph 12:
- At the end of subparagraph (a), add "at the beginning of its consideration of any substantive matter".
- In subparagraph (e), line 2, delete "[in the discussions]".
H. Meetings of the Security Council in accordance with Articles 35 and 99 of the Charter
In paragraph 17, following the heading, replace the text with "Replace rule 3 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council."
J. Mechanism to alert non-members of the Security Council of unscheduled or weekend meetings
At the end of paragraph 20, add the following sentence: "The President of the Security Council should make his/her best efforts to give instructions to the Secretariat for such emergency notice to non-members of the Council at the earliest possible time, when unscheduled or emergency meetings of the Council are anticipated."
L. Consultations with funds, programmes and agencies
In paragraph 24, delete the third sentence.
III. Subsidiary organs of the Security Council
In paragraph 26, merge subparagraphs (a) (i) and (b) (ii), so that the paragraph reads as follows:
(a) Meetings of subsidiary organs of the Council established pursuant to Article 29 of the Charter should be more transparent and, when appropriate, open to non-members of the Council. Such meetings should be announced in the Journal of the United Nations.
(b) Decisions and/or those parts of the summaries of the proceedings of subsidiary organs which do not compromise the confidentiality of the work of the organs should promptly be made available to non-members of the Council.
(c) The Security Council should fully implement annex II to resolution 51/242 of 15 September 1997, entitled "Question of sanctions imposed by the United Nations".
