Article 30 of the Charter stipulates that the Security Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure, and in 1946 the Council adopted its Provisional Rules of Procedure (S/96). Subsequently the Provisional Rules of Procedure were modified on several occasions; the last revision was made in 1982 (S/96/Rev.7) in order to add Arabic as the sixth official language, in conformity with General Assembly resolution 35/219 of 17 December 1980.

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Table of Contents

• Chapter I: Meetings
• Chapter II: Agenda
• Chapter III: Representation and Credentials
• Chapter IV: Presidency
• Chapter V: Secretariat
• Chapter VI: Conduct of Business
• Chapter VII: Voting
• Chapter VIII: Languages
• Chapter IX: Publicity of Meetings, Records
• Chapter X: Admission of New Members
• Chapter XI: Relations with Other United Nations Organs
• Appendix