Resolutions and decisions of the Security Council 2020
Index to proceedings of the Security Council: 75th year (2020)
NOTE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Security Council modified its practices beginning in March 2020. This table includes all meetings for which a meeting record, draft resolution, resolution, or presidential statement was issued from mid-March through December 2020. For more information, please see the Security Council VTC website.
| Meetings conducted by the Security Council in 2020 (in reverse chronological order) |
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| Meeting Record |
Date | Recording | Topic | Letter with Vote Procedure / Briefings |
Letter with Vote Outcome | Security Council Outcome / Vote |
| -- | 29 December | Webcast | Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts | S/2020/1311 | S/2020/1305 | S/RES/2560 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 22 December | Webcast | Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan | S/2020/1280 | S/2020/1276 | S/RES/2559 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 21 December | Webcast | Peacebuilding and sustaining peace | S/2020/1273 | S/2020/1269 | S/RES/2558 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 21 December | -- | The promotion and strengthening of the rule of law: Strengthening the cooperation between the Security Council and the International Court of Justice | -- | -- | S/PRST/2020/13 |
| -- | 18 December | Webcast | Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts | S/2020/1266 | S/2020/1254 | S/RES/2557 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 18 December | Webcast | The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo | S/2020/1265 | S/2020/1253 | S/RES/2556 (2020) 14-0-1 |
| -- | 18 December | Webcast | The situation in the Middle East | S/2020/1263 | S/2020/1252 | S/RES/2555 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8778 | 7 December | Webcast | The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | 4 December | -- | The situation in Somalia | S/2020/1173 | S/2020/1170 | S/RES/2554 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 4 December | Webcast | Cooperation between the UN and regional and subregional organizations (African Union) | S/2020/1179 | -- | S/PRST/2020/12 S/PRST/2020/11 |
| -- | 3 December | Webcast | Maintenance of international peace and security: security sector reform | S/2020/1167 | S/2020/1166 | S/RES/2553 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8777 | 17 November | Webcast | The situation in Mali | -- | -- | -- |
| S/PV.8773 | 12 November | -- | Elections of five members of the International Court of Justice [resumed meeting] | -- | -- | -- |
| S/PV.8776 | 12 November | Webcast | The situation in the Central African Republic | -- | -- | S/RES/2552 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8775 | 12 November | Webcast | The situation in Somalia | -- | -- | S/RES/2551 (2020) 13-0-2 |
| S/PV.8774 | 12 November | Webcast | Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan | -- | -- | S/RES/2550 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8773 | 11 November | Webcast | Elections of five members of the International Court of Justice | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | 5 November | -- | The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina | S/2020/1087 | S/2020/1085 | S/RES/2549 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 30 October | Webcast | Women, peace, and security | S/2020/1076 | S/2020/1066 | S/2020/1054 not adopted 5-0-10 |
| -- | 30 October | Webcast | The situation concerning Western Sahara | S/2020/1075 | S/2020/1063 | S/RES/2548 (2020) 13-0-2 |
| S/PV.8772 | 22 October | Webcast | Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan | -- | -- | -- |
| S/PV.8771 | 19 October | Webcast | The situation in the Central African Republic | -- | -- | -- |
| S/PV.8770 | 15 October | Webcast | The situation in the Middle East | -- | -- | -- |
| S/PV.8769 | 15 October | Webcast | The situation in Mali | -- | -- | S/PRST/2020/10 |
| S/PV.8768 | 15 October | Webcast | The question concerning Haiti | -- | -- | S/RES/2547 (2020) 13-0-2 |
| S/PV.8767 | 13 October | Webcast | The situation in the Great Lakes region | -- | -- | -- |
| S/PV.8766 | 9 October | Webcast | The situation in Cyprus | -- | -- | S/PRST/2020/9 |
| S/PV.8765 | 8 October | Webcast | The situation in the Mali | -- | -- | -- |
| S/PV.8764 | 5 October | Webcast | The situation in the Middle East | -- | -- | -- |
| S/PV.8763 | 2 October | Webcast | Maintenance of international peace and security | -- | -- | S/RES/2546 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8762 | 29 September | Webcast | The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question | -- | -- | -- |
| S/PV.8761 | 25 September | Webcast | Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan | -- | -- | -- |
| S/PV.8760 | 25 September | Webcast | Identical letters dated 19 January 2016 from the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council (S/2016/53)* | -- | -- | S/RES/2545 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 18 September | -- | Threats to international peace and security | S/2020/920 | S/2020/917 | S/RES/2544 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8759 | 15 September | Webcast | The situation in Afghanistan | -- | -- | S/RES/2543 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8758 | 15 September | Webcast | The situation in Libya | -- | -- | S/RES/2542 (2020) 13-0-2 |
| S/PV.8757 | 15 September | Webcast | The situation in the Middle East | -- | -- | -- |
| S/PV.8756 | 10 September | Webcast | Children and armed conflict | -- | -- | S/PRST/2020/8 |
| -- | 31 August | Webcast | Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist attacks | S/2020/870 | S/2020/865 | S/2020/852 vetoed by USA 14-1-0 |
| -- | 31 August | Webcast | The situation in Mali | S/2020/867 | S/2020/859 | S/RES/2541 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 28 August | -- | The situation in Somalia | S/2020/858 | S/2020/854 | S/RES/2540 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 28 August | -- | The situation in the Middle East | S/2020/857 | S/2020/853 | S/RES/2539 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 28 August | -- | United Nations peacekeeping operations | S/2020/856 | S/2020/851 | S/RES/2538 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8755 | 20 August | Webcast | The situation in Somalia | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | 14 August | Webcast | Non-proliferation | S/2020/805 | S/2020/803 | S/2020/797 not adopted 2-2-11 |
| S/PV.8754 | 10 August | Webcast | The situation in Guinea-Bissau | -- | -- | -- |
| S/PV.8753 | 28 July | Webcast | The situation in the Middle East | -- | -- | -- |
| S/PV.8752 | 28 July | Webcast | Peace consolidation in West Africa | -- | -- | S/PRST/2020/7 |
| S/PV.8751 | 28 July | Webcast | The situation in Cyprus | -- | -- | S/RES/2537 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8750 | 28 July | Webcast | The situation in the Central African Republic | -- | -- | S/RES/2536 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8749 | 14 July | Webcast | Identical letters dated 19 January 2016 from the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council (S/2016/53) | -- | -- | -- |
| S/PV.8748 | 14 July | Webcast | Maintenance of international peace and security | -- | -- | S/RES/2535 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8747 | 14 July | Webcast | The situation in the Middle East | -- | -- | S/RES/2534 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8746 | 14 July | Webcast | Consideration of the draft report of the Security Council to the General Assembly | -- | S/2020/666 | -- |
| -- | 11 July | Webcast | The situation in the Middle East | S/2020/702 | S/2020/698 | S/RES/2533 (2020) 12-0-3 |
| -- | 10 July | Webcast | The situation in the Middle East | S/2020/694 | S/2020/688 | S/2020/683 not adopted 4-7-4 |
| -- | 10 July | Webcast | The situation in the Middle East | S/2020/693 | S/2020/681 | S/2020/667 vetoed by China, Russian Federation 13-2-0 |
| -- | 8 July | Webcast | The situation in the Middle East | S/2020/671 | S/2020/664 | S/2020/658 not adopted 4-7-4 |
| -- | 7 July | Webcast | The situation in the Middle East | S/2020/661 | S/2020/657 | S/2020/654 vetoed by China, Russian Federation 13-2-0 |
| -- | 1 July | Webcast | Maintenance of international peace and security | S/2020/638 | S/2020/632 | S/RES/2532 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 29 June | Webcast | The situation in Mali | S/2020/625 | S/2020/613 | S/RES/2531 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 29 June | Webcast | The situation in the Middle East | S/2020/624 | S/2020/612 | S/RES/2530 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 25 June | -- | International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals | S/2020/602 | S/2020/590 | S/RES/2529 (2020) 14-0-1 |
| -- | 25 June | -- | The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo | S/2020/601 | S/2020/589 | S/RES/2528 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 22 June | Webcast | The situation in Somalia | S/2020/573 | S/2020/569 | S/RES/2527 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 5 June | Webcast | The situation in Libya | S/2020/509 | S/2020/504 | S/RES/2526 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 4 June | Webcast | Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan | S/2020/497 | S/2020/495 | S/RES/2525 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 4 June | Webcast | Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan | S/2020/496 | S/2020/494 | S/RES/2524 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 29 May | Webcast | Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South-Sudan | S/2020/468 | S/2020/461 | S/RES/2523 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 29 May | Webcast | The situation concerning Iraq | S/2020/467 | S/2020/460 | S/RES/2522 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 29 May | Webcast | Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South-Sudan | S/2020/469 | S/2020/462 | S/RES/2521 (2020) 12-0-3 |
| -- | 29 May | Webcast | The situation in Somalia | S/2020/466 | S/2020/459 | S/RES/2520 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 14 May | Webcast | Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan | S/2020/408 | S/2020/405 | S/RES/2519 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 29 April | Webcast | Protection of civilians in armed conflict: Protecting civilians from conflict induced hunger | S/2020/340 | -- | S/PRST/2020/6 |
| -- | 30 March | -- | United Nations peacekeeping operations | S/2020/268 | S/2020/249 | S/RES/2518 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 30 March | -- | Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan | S/2020/267 | S/2020/248 | S/RES/2517 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 30 March | -- | The situation in Somalia | S/2020/266 | S/2020/247 | S/RES/2516 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| -- | 30 March | -- | Non-proliferation/Democratic People's Republic of Korea [closed] | S/2020/270 | S/2020/246 | S/RES/2515 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| Meetings conducted by the Security Council in 2020 (in reverse chronological order) |
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| Meeting Record |
Date | Press Release |
Topic | Security Council Outcome / Vote |
| S/PV.8745 | 12 March | SC/14142 | The situation in the Middle East | -- |
| S/PV.8744 | 12 March | SC/14141 | Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan | S/RES/2514 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8743 | 11 March | SC/14140 | Peace and Security in Africa | S/PRST/2020/5 |
| S/PV.8742 | 10 March | SC/14139 | The situation in Afghanistan | S/RES/2513 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8741 | 4 March | SC/14135 | Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan | -- |
| S/PV.8740 (closed) | 3 March | none issued | Meeting of the Security Council with the troop - and police - contributing countries pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B - South Sudan | Communiqué |
| S/PV.8739 | 3 March | SC/14134 | The situation concerning Iraq | -- |
| S/PV.8738 | 28 February | SC/14132 | The situation in the Middle East | -- |
| S/PV.8737 | 28 February | SC/14131 | International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals | S/PRST/2020/4 |
| S/PV.8736 | 28 February | SC/14130 | The situation in Guinea-Bissau | S/RES/2512 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8735 | 27 February | SC/14129 | The situation in Somalia | -- |
| S/PV.8734 | 27 February | SC/14127 | The situation in the Middle East | -- |
| S/PV.8733 | 26 February | SC/14125 | Non-proliferation | -- |
| S/PV.8732 | 25 February | SC/14121 | The situation in the Middle East | S/RES/2511 (2020) 13-0-2 |
| S/PV.8731 | 24 February | SC/14120 | The situation in Somalia | -- |
| S/PV.8730 | 24 February | SC/14119 | The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question | -- |
| S/PV.8729 | 20 February | SC/14117 | The question concerning Haiti | -- |
| S/PV.8728 | 20 February | SC/14116 | The situation in the Central African Republic | -- |
| S/PV.8727 | 19 February | SC/14114 | The situation in the Middle East | -- |
| S/PV.8726 | 18 February | SC/14112 | Letter dated 13 April 2014 from the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/264) | -- |
| S/PV.8725 | 18 February | SC/14111 | The situation in the Middle East | -- |
| S/PV.8724 | 14 February | SC/14110 | The situation in Guinea-Bissau | -- |
| S/PV.8723 (Resumption 1) | 13 February | SC/14109 | Peacebuilding and sustaining peace | -- |
| S/PV.8723 | 13 February | SC/14109 | Peacebuilding and sustaining peace | -- |
| S/PV.8722 | 12 February | SC/14108 | The situation in Libya | S/RES/2510 (2020) 14-0-1 |
| S/PV.8721 | 12 February | SC/14107 | Children and armed conflict | S/PRST/2020/3 |
| S/PV.8720 | 11 February | SC/14106 | Peace consolidation in West Africa | S/PRST/2020/2 |
| S/PV.8719 | 11 February | SC/14105 | The situation in Libya | S/RES/2509 (2020) 14-0-1 |
| S/PV.8718 | 11 February | SC/14104 | Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan | S/RES/2508 (2020) 15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8717 | 11 February | SC/14103 | The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question | -- |
| S/PV.8716 | 7 February | SC/14102 | Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts | -- |
| S/PV.8715 | 6 February | SC/14100 | The situation in the Middle East | -- |
| S/PV.8714 | 6 February | SC/14099 | Briefing by the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe | -- |
| S/PV.8713 | 5 February | SC/14098 | Small arms | -- |
| S/PV.8712 | 31 January | SC/14096 | The situation in the Central African Republic | S/RES/2507 (2020) 13-0-2 |
| S/PV.8711 | 30 January | SC/14093 | Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security | -- |
| S/PV.8710 | 30 January | SC/14092 | The situation in Libya | -- |
| S/PV.8709 | 30 January | SC/14091 | The situation in Cyprus | S/RES/2506 (2020)
15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8708 | 29 January | SC/14090 | The situation in the Middle East | -- |
| S/PV.8707 | 29 January | SC/14088 | The situation in the Middle East | -- | S/PV.8706 (Resumption 1) | 22 January | SC/14086 | The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question | -- |
| S/PV.8706 | 21 January | SC/14085 | The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question | -- |
| S/PV.8705 (closed) | 16 January | none issued | Meeting of the Security Council with the troop - and police - contributing countries pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B - United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus | Communiqué |
| S/PV.8704 | 16 January | SC/14082 | The situation in the Middle East | -- |
| S/PV.8703 | 15 January | SC/14080 | The situation in Mali | -- |
| S/PV.8702 | 13 January | SC/14076 | Identical letters dated 19 January 2016 from the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council (S/2016/53) | -- |
| S/PV.8701 | 13 January | SC/14075 | The situation in the Middle East | S/RES/2505 (2020)
15-0-0 |
| S/PV.8700 | 10 January | SC/14074 | The situation in the Middle East | S/RES/2504 (2020)
11-0-4 |
| S/PV.8699 (Resumption 2) | 13 January | SC/14077 | Maintenance of international peace and security: Upholding the United Nations Charter | -- |
| S/PV.8699 (Resumption 1) | 10 January | SC/14072 | Maintenance of international peace and security: Upholding the United Nations Charter | -- |
| S/PV.8699 | 9 January | SC/14071 | Maintenance of international peace and security: Upholding the United Nations Charter | S/PRST/2020/1 |
| S/PV.8698 | 8 January | SC/14069 | Peace consolidation in West Africa | -- |
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