Committees:

Standing Committees -- There are three committees at present, and each includes representatives of all Security Council member States.

• Security Council Committee of Experts
• Security Council Committee on Admission of New Members
• Security Council Committee on Council meetings away from Headquarters

Ad Hoc Committees -- They are established as needed, comprise all Council members and meet in closed session.

• Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission established by Security Council resolution 692 (1991)
• Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning Counter-Terrorism
• Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004)

Sanctions Committees

Sanctions Committees Bureaux for 2008

• Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait (Terminated pursuant to resolution 1483 (2003) of 22 May 2003 - see 1518 Committee above)
• Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 748 (1992) concerning the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Terminated pursuant to resolution 1506 (2003) of 12 September 2003)
• Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993) concerning the situation in Angola (Monitoring Mechanism on Sanctions against UNITA)(Terminated pursuant to resolution 1448 (2002) of 9 December 2002).
• Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 985 (1995) concerning Liberia (Terminated pursuant to resolution 1343 (2001) of 7 March 2001, see above)
• Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1343 (2001) concerning Liberia (Terminated pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) of 22 December 2003, see above)
• Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1160 (1998) (Terminated pursuant to resolution 1367 (2001) of 10 September 2001)
• Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1298 (2000) concerning the situation between Eritrea and Ethiopia (Terminated in pursuance of Presidential Statement S/PRST/2001/14 of 15 May 2001)

Working Groups:

Working Groups Bureaux for 2008

 

Peacekeeping Operations

Since 1948 there have been 63 United Nations peace-keeping operations.

 

International Tribunals

• International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 - established by S/RES/808 (1993) - International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY);
  
• International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 - established by S/RES/955 (1994). 

 

Sources: Basic Facts About the United Nations, Sales No.E.98.I.20., Press Release GA/9784 (10 Oct. 2000), and the Office of the Director of Security Council Affairs Division, Department of Political Affairs.
Last updated on 8 June 2006