The Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council is published by the Secretary-General at the request of the General Assembly. Mandated by General Assembly Resolution 686 (VII) in 1952, the Repertoire is a constitutional and procedural guide to the proceedings of the Council since 1946. It presents, as comprehensively as possible, relevant data regarding the practice of the Council and the application of the UN Charter and the Council's Provisional Rules of Procedure. It is the only such official record.

Each volume of the Repertoire is organized into Chapters as follows:

Chapter 1 - Provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council

Chapter 2 - Agenda

Chapter 3 - Participation in the proceedings of the Security Council

Chapter 4 - Voting

Chapter 5 - Subsidiary organs of the Security Council

Chapter 6 - Relations with other United Nations organs

Chapter 7 - Practice relative to recommendations to the General Assembly regarding membership in the United Nations

Chapter 8 - Consideration of questions under the Council’s responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.

Chapter 9 - Decisions in the exercise of other functions and powers

Chapter 10 - Consideration of the provisions of Chapter VI of the Charter

Chapter 11 - Consideration of the provisions of Chapter VII of the Charter

Chapter 12 - Consideration of the provisions of other Articles of the Charter

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You may wish to refer to the UN Documentation Centre, which contains useful links to a number of important Security Council and other UN documents.

Readers of the Repertoire may also find of interest the following Notes by the President of the Security Council, S/2007/749, S/2006/507 and S/2006/78, which contain information on recent practices and newly agreed measures by the Security Council.

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