The constraints placed on the Council’s capacity to act prompted ever more vociferous calls for its reform. That country’s veto on 25 February, in response to a resolution intended to bring its offensive against its neighbour to a halt, prompted the Council to refer that situation to the General Assembly, the first time it was doing so in 40 years. The use of the veto also rose from once in 2021 to four times in 2022, wielded each time by the Russian Federation, twice on matters relating to Ukraine. However, the number of press statements issued rose to 67, from 60 in 2021. Similarly, the elusiveness of unanimity led to its adopting considerably fewer presidential declarations, only 7, compared to 24 in 2021. As many as 18 of these adoptions - a third - were non-unanimous, compared to less than a sixth in 2021, a reflection of the Council’s internal dissension. The proliferation of meetings was accompanied by fewer adopted resolutions: 54 in 2022, down from 57 in 2021 and 2020. The Council convened a total of 276 public meetings - up from 246 in 2021 - 46 of which were devoted to the situation in Ukraine. Despite Organ’s Stalled Action on Non-Proliferation Threats, Protracted Conflicts, Progress in Colombia Shows Peace, Reconciliation PossibleĪs the Security Council fully resumed in-person meetings, the invasion of Ukraine at the start of the year by the Russian Federation - a permanent, veto-wielding member of the Council - plunged the 15-nation organ into a fractious new normal, widening pre-existing rifts, making consensus more laborious than ever to achieve and impeding efforts to fulfil their responsibility in maintaining international peace and security.
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