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The Security Council Practices and Charter Research Branch, is the advisory and research arm of the Security Council Affairs Division in the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs.  The Branch provides guidance to Member States and the Secretariat on Council practice and procedure upon request, substantive servicing of the Security Council’s Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions and familiarization of new Council members on Council practice and procedure.

The Branch also provides the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council.  The Repertoire, mandated by the General Assembly in resolution 686 (VII) Document PDF in 1952, provides comprehensive coverage of the Security Council’s interpretation and application of the United Nations Charter and its own Provisional Rules of Procedure since 1946. Its primary purpose is to provide Member States, including those elected to serve on the Security Council, the United Nations system, academics and others with a source of information regarding the evolving practice of the Security Council.

The material presented in the Repertoire is exclusively based on official documents of the Security Council. Each Supplement to the Repertoire covers a period from two to six years and is published in English and French. In addition, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 55/222 Document PDF, from the 1985-1988 volume onwards Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish editions are also available.The Repertoire, mandated by the General Assembly in resolution 686 (VII) Document PDF in 1952, provides comprehensive coverage of the Security Council’s interpretation and application of the United Nations Charter and its own Provisional Rules of Procedure since 1946. Its primary purpose is to provide Member States, including those elected to serve on the Security Council, the United Nations system, academics and others with a source of information regarding the evolving practice of the Security Council


How to contact SCAD

You can contact the Security Council via the branches of SCAD.

Security Council Secretariat Branch 

For official communications to the rotating presidency of the Security Council.

Email: dppa-scsb3@un.org

General Telephone Number: +1 (212) 963-5258

Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch

For official communications regarding the Security Council’s Sanctions Committees and other subsidiary organs.

General Telephone Number: +1 (212) 963-4574

Contacts for the Subsidiary Organs

Security Council Practices and Charter Research Branch

For questions regarding The Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council about the past and contemporary practice of the Security Council.

Email: dppa-repertoire@un.org

Ask DAG!

For general questions regarding the work of the Security Council, please go to Ask Dag!, a service provided by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library.