Consideration of the draft report of the Security Council to the General Assembly - Security Council, 10156th meeting

The 10,156th meeting of the Security Council is called to order. The provisional agenda for this meeting is consideration of the draft report of the Security Council to the General Assembly. The agenda is adopted. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of Item 2 of the agenda. The Security Council will proceed to the consideration of its annual report to the General Assembly for the period of 1 January to 31 December 2025. The draft report has been provided to the members of the Council. The introduction of the draft report was prepared by the delegation of Pakistan with the participation of other members of the Council. The body of the report was prepared by the Secretariat. I would like to express appreciation to Pakistan and the Secretariat for their respective contributions. I would like to point out that the draft report was prepared in accordance with the note by the President of 13 December 2024, S/2024/507. I now give the floor to the representative of Pakistan, whose delegation was responsible for drafting the introduction of this year's annual report. I give the floor to the representative for Pakistan for the state— for the floor.

Thank you, Mr. President. I believe the absence of most of the PRs here does not diminish the importance of this annual report. President Pakistan has the honor to introduce the draft annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly for the period 1st January to 31st December 2025, and we trust the report will receive the unanimous support of Council members. In accordance with Article 24, Paragraph 3 of the Charter, the Security Council submits an annual report on its activities to the General Assembly for its consideration and discussion by the wider membership. We regard this process as a vital instrument of transparency, accountability, and institutional dialogue between the Security Council and the wider UN membership. In its capacity as President of the Security Council for July 2025, Pakistan was entrusted with coordinating and preparing the introduction to this report. Our objective was not to have a perfunctory document, but a substantive and analytical account that faithfully reflects the Council's work, deliberations, challenges, and outcomes during the reporting period. We also sought to provide greater clarity and context regarding the evolving situations confronting the international peace and security in which the Council works. The report before you is comprehensive. It highlights that during 2025, the Security Council remained actively and meaningfully engaged in addressing a wide range of pressing issues related to the maintenance of international peace and security. The Council dealt with complex and interrelated crises across different regions of the world. And its agenda also reflected the gravity and scale of contemporary threats to international peace and security, including ongoing and new conflicts, emerging threats, humanitarian crises, and the range of responses from protection of civilians to peacekeeping, peacebuilding, conflict prevention and peaceful settlement of disputes and cooperation with regional and sub-regional organizations. Despite persistent conflicts, growing humanitarian emergencies, and heightened geopolitical tensions, which at times complicated efforts to advance political settlements and collective action, the Council continued to play a central role in promoting stability, supporting peace processes, and reinforcing multilateral cooperation in pursuit of durable peace and security. As for the process of preparing this report, Pakistan endeavored to follow an open, constructive, and inclusive approach. In this regard, in line with Presidential Note 507 and General Assembly Resolution 79/327, and in coordination with the President of the General Assembly, an informal meeting of the wider membership was convened on January 16, 2026. The exchange of views was candid, constructive, and forward-looking. The perspectives shared by member states proved valuable in enhancing and strengthening the quality of the report, and we also followed closely the views expressed by non-Council members at the wrap-in and wrap-up sessions that take place every month. We are pleased that negotiations on the introductory section were concluded in a spirit of cooperation and mutual accommodation, enabling agreement on the text at an early stage in February. This achievement was made possible by constructive engagement and hard work of all Council members, including our outgoing colleagues. Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, and the Republic of Korea. Therefore, we deeply appreciate all of you for your substantive cooperation, support, and contribution. This also demonstrates that despite divergence on specific issues, the Security Council can work collectively responsibly in discharging its responsibilities under the Charter. And we are also grateful to the Secretariat, particularly the Security Council Affairs Division, for their professionalism, dedicated support, and editorial advice throughout this process. President, whereas best effort has gone into this report to make it as comprehensive as objective and analytical as possible, we believe the Council members and the wider membership would appreciate that there is always room for more. This is an ongoing and collective effort. We look forward to hearing the views of the wider membership on this report and on ways to further strengthen the relationship between the Security Council and the General Assembly in line with the UN Charter and the principles of transparency, accountability, and multilateral cooperation. I thank you.

I thank the representative of Pakistan for the statement. I thank the delegation of Pakistan and other delegations and Ambassador, Your Excellency, yourself for the contributions made in this regard. I would like to thank the SCAD for the contributions they made. My understanding is that the Council is ready to proceed to the adoption of the draft annual 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 Council— of the Security Council to be issued as Document S/2026/426. The meeting is adjourned.