Letters exchanged between the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council in 2016
| S/2016/1129 | 29 December 2016 | Mandate of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/1128 | 27 December 2016 | Mandate of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/1075 | 16 December 2016 | Selection of Senegal and Uruguay as elected members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/1070 | 16 December 2016 | Colombia | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/1065 | 14 December 2016 | Mandate of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/1063 | 14 December 2016 | Colombia | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/1045 | 9 December 2016 | Appointment of Mr. David Shearer (New Zealand) as Special Representative for South Sudan and Head of United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/1044 | 7 December 2016 | Appointment of Mr. David Shearer (New Zealand) as Special Representative for South Sudan and Head of United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/1041 | 8 December 2016 | Appointment of Major General Wang Xiaojun (China) as Force Commander of United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/1040 | 6 December 2016 | Appointment of Major General Wang Xiaojun (China) as Force Commander of United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/1009 | 1 December 2016 | New approach to cholera in Haiti | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/959 | 11 November 2016 | Extension of the terms of office of the permanent and ad litem judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/957 | 8 November 2016 | Coordinated international action to curb the impact of the AIDS epidemic in conflict and post-conflict situations | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/948 | 9 November 2016 | Terms of Reference - Visit by the Security Council of the United Nations to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola, 10-14 November 20 | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/924 | 1 November 2016 | Executive summary of the independent special investigation into the violence in Juba in 2016 and the response by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/923 | 31 October 2016 | United Nations Mission in Colombia | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/915 | 28 October 2016 | Recommendations of the Secretary-General - African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/902 | 26 October 2016 | Recommendations of the Secretary-General - United Nations Mission in Colombia | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/892 | 21 October 2016 | Strategic review of the mandate of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/891 | 4 October 2016 | Strategic review of the mandate of the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/875 | 18 October 2016 | Presence of South Sudanese fighters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/855 | 11 October 2016 | Appointment of Mr. François Louncény Fall (Guinea) as Acting Special Representative for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/854 | 7 October 2016 | Appointment of Mr. François Louncény Fall (Guinea) as Acting Special Representative for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/852 | 7 October 2016 | Mandate of the Panel of Experts on Sudan | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/832 | 30 September 2016 | Appointment of Mr. Hubert Hudson Price II (United States of America) as the Head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/831 | 13 September 2016 | Appointment of Mr. Hubert Hudson Price II (United States of America) as the Head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/807 | 21 September 2016 | Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/806 | 16 September 2016 | Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/795 | 19 September 2016 | Appointment of Judge Burton Hall (Bahamas) as an ad hoc judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/794 | 13 September 2016 | Appointment of Judge Burton Hall (Bahamas) as an ad hoc judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/757 | 1 September 2016 | Terms of reference for the Security Council mission to South Sudan and Addis Ababa in September 2016 | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/742 | 25 August 2016 | Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict - Iraq | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/722 | 18 August 2016 | Recommendations of the Secretary-General on measures to enhance the protection of, and prevent acts of violence against, the wounded and sick, medical personnel and humanitarian personnel | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/716 | 15 August 2016 | Decision on the non-compliance by Djibouti with the request to arrest and surrender Omar Al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/713 | 15 August 2016 | Transfer of priority tasks of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) to the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and to the United Nations country team | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/693 | 5 August 2016 | International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/681 | 3 August 2016 | Mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/652 | 22 July 2016 | Proposal to transmit the recommendations on measures to enhance the protection of the wounded and sick, medical and humanitarian personnel to the Security Council by the end of August | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/648 | 25 July 2016 | Appointment of Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir (Bangladesh) as Force Commander of UNFICYP | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/647 | 21 July 2016 | Appointment of Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir (Bangladesh) as Force Commander of UNFICYP | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/644 | 27 July 2016 | United Nations Mission in Colombia | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/643 | 22 July 2016 | United Nations Mission in Colombia | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/614 | 14 July 2016 | Mandate of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/574 | 24 June 2016 | Reappointment of the 25 judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/563 | 22 June 2016 | Mandate of the Panel of Experts on South Sudan | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/538 | 15 June 2016 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - Information on the object launched into space on 7 February 2016 | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/527 | 9 June 2016 | Reappointment of the 25 judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/526 | 3 June 2016 | Reappointment of the 25 judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/519 | 7 June 2016 | Appointment of Major General Per Gustaf Lodin (Sweden) as Chief Military Observer and Head of Mission of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/518 | 3 June 2016 | Appointment of Major General Per Gustaf Lodin (Sweden) as Chief Military Observer and Head of Mission of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/504 | 31 May 2016 | Mandate of the Panel of Experts on Libya | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/489 | 26 May 2016 | Plan outlining the manner in which the Office of the Special Envoy for Yemen will be strengthened | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/488 | 24 May 2016 | Plan outlining the manner in which the Office of the Special Envoy for Yemen will be strengthened | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/487 | 26 May 2016 | Appointment of Major General Michael Beary of Ireland as Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/486 | 24 May 2016 | Appointment of Major General Michael Beary of Ireland as Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/475 | 24 May 2016 | Working Group on Children and armed conflict (CAAC) in Afghanistan | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/468 | 20 May 2016 | Peacebuilding architecture | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/467 | 18 May 2016 | Peacebuilding architecture | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/456 | 17 May 2016 | Security Council mission to the Horn of Africa, 17 to 22 May 2016 | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/445 | 13 May 2016 | Appointment of Lieutenant General Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki (Kenya) as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/444 | 11 May 2016 | Appointment of Lieutenant General Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki (Kenya) as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/443 | 12 May 2016 | Mandate of the Panel of Experts on Libya | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/423 | 6 May 2016 | Standing inter-mission cooperation arrangement between the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/422 | 28 April 2016 | Standing inter-mission cooperation arrangement between the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/412 | 3 May 2016 | Appointment of Modibo Touré (Mali) as Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea- Bissau (UNIOGBIS) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/411 | 28 April 2016 | Appointment of Modibo Touré (Mali) as Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea- Bissau (UNIOGBIS) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/409 | 28 April 2016 | Appointment of Justice Seymour Panton (Jamaica) as a judge of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals - Concurrence of the President of the General Assembly | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/394 | 26 April 2016 | Mandate of the Panel of Experts on South Sudan | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/377 | 22 April 2016 | Appointment of Justice Seymour Panton (Jamaica) as a judge of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/376 | 20 April 2016 | Appointment of Justice Seymour Panton (Jamaica) as a judge of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/359 | 19 April 2016 | United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) - Protection of civilians | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/352 | 15 April 2016 | Burundi | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/351 | 15 April 2016 | United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/350 | 12 April 2016 | United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/336 | 11 April 2016 | African Union Open-ended Ministerial Committee of Ministers for Foreign Affairs | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/334 | 8 April 2016 | Mandate of the Panel of Experts on Yemen | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/333 | 8 April 2016 | Mandate of the Panel of Experts on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/320 | 6 April 2016 | Extension request for the submission of the report on Iraq escrow account | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/319 | 22 March 2016 | Extension request for the submission of the report on Iraq escrow account | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/287 | 29 March 2016 | Mandate of the Panel of Experts on Yemen | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/278 | 23 March 2016 | Mandate of the Panel of Experts on South Sudan | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/263 | 18 March 2016 | Establishment of a political mission in Colombia | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/261 | 17 March 2016 | Appointment of Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto (Japan) as Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/260 | 15 March 2016 | Appointment of Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto (Japan) as Special Representative for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/259 | 17 March 2016 | Appointment of Mr. Nicholas Haysom (South Africa) as Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/258 | 15 March 2016 | Appointment of Mr. Nicholas Haysom (South Africa) as Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/227 | 8 March 2016 | Appointment of Mr. Jean Arnault (France) as Special Representative for Colombia and Head of the United Nations Mission in Colombia | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/226 | 4 March 2016 | Appointment of Mr. Jean Arnault (France) as Special Representative for Colombia and Head of the United Nations Mission in Colombia | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/215 | 3 March 2016 | Terms of reference of the Security Council mission to Mali, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal, March 2016 | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/211 | 4 March 2016 | Establishment of a political mission in Colombia | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/194 | 27 February 2016 | Appointment of Judge Theodor Meron (United States) as President and Serge Brammertz (Belgium) as Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/193 | 23 February 2016 |
Appointment of Judge Theodor Meron (United States) as President and of Serge Brammertz (Belgium) as Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals |
Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/192 | 25 February 2016 | Appointment of Ms. Elizabeth Spehar (Canada) as Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/191 | 23 February 2016 | Appointment of Ms. Elizabeth Spehar (Canada) as Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/188 | 25 February 2016 | Mandate of the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/152 | 17 February 2016 | Syria | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/145 | 21 February 2016 | United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/130 | 10 February 2016 | Appointment of Lieutenant General Balla Keïta (Senegal) as Force Commander of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/129 | 8 February 2016 | Appointment of Lieutenant General Balla Keïta (Senegal) as Force Commander of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/98 | 1 February 2016 | Appointment of Major General Jai Shanker Menon (India) as the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/97 | 28 January 2016 | Appointment of Major General Jai Shanker Menon (India) as the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/89 | 28 January 2016 | United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/88 | 14 January 2016 | United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/61 | 21 January 2016 | Angola and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - Security Council members elected to participate in the Organizational Committee | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/55 | 20 January 2016 | Terms of reference for the Security Council mission to Burundi and Ethiopia, January 2016 | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/38 | 14 January 2016 | Appointment of Major General Hassen Ebrahim Mussa (Ethiopia) as Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/37 | 12 January 2016 | Appointment of Major General Hassen Ebrahim Mussa (Ethiopia) as Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) | Letter from the Secretary-General |
| S/2016/14 | 6 January 2016 | Appointment of Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga (Gabon) as Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) | Letter from the President of the Security Council |
| S/2016/13 | 4 January 2016 | Appointment of Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga (Gabon) as Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) | Letter from the Secretary-General |