S/PV.5262 Security Council

The Security Council will now proceed to the consideration of its annual report to the General Assembly, the draft of which has been prepared by the Secretariat. Members of the Council have received copies of the draft report of the Security Council to the General Assembly for the period from 1 August 2004 to 31 July 2005, as circulated by the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs on 31 August 2005. I should like to express appreciation to the Secretariat for the work it has undertaken in preparing this factual report in a timely manner. I now call on Mr. Tuliameni Kalomoh, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to make an explanatory statement.

The draft annual report of the Security Council for the period 1 August 2004 to 31 July 2005, to be submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to Article 15, paragraph 1, and Article 24, paragraph 3, of the United Nations Charter, has been prepared by the Secretariat in accordance with the revised format agreed upon by the Security Council in 2002. The draft report, in the format before the Council, provides a guide to the activities of the Council in a concise manner. In that connection, I should like to note that this is the fourth report prepared in accordance with the provisions of the note by the President of the Security Council of 22 May 2002 (S/2002/199), which were aimed at enhancing the quality of the report and accommodating the views expressed on the previous format. Of particular interest is the introduction to the report, which contains an analytical summary of the work of the Council for the period covered by the report.

May I take it that the draft report is adopted by the Council? There being no objection, it is so decided. This decision will be reflected in a note by the President of the Security Council, to be issued as document S/2005/582. The Security Council has thus concluded its consideration of the item on its agenda.