Security Council resolution 1999 (2011) [on admission of the Republic of South Sudan to membership in the United Nations]
Symbol: S/RES/1999(2011)
Date: 2011-07-13
Meeting record: S/PV.6582
Subjects: UN > Members|SOUTH SUDAN
Notes: Issued in: Resolutions and decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2010-31 July 2011 - S/INF/66 - (SCOR, 66th year).

United Nations                                                                 S/RES/1999 (2011)
               Security Council                                             Distr.: General
                                                                            13 July 2011




               Resolution 1999 (2011)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 6582nd meeting, on
               13 July 2011

                    The Security Council,
                     Having examined the application of the Republic of South Sudan for admission
               to the United Nations (S/2011/418),
                    Recommends to the General Assembly that the Republic of South Sudan be
               admitted to membership in the United Nations.




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Texto español (official Spanish version): Naciones Unidas                                                        S/RES/1999 (2011)
               Consejo de Seguridad                                    Distr. general
                                                                       13 de julio de 2011




               Resolución 1999 (2011)

               Aprobada por el Consejo de Seguridad en su 6582a sesión,
               celebrada el 13 de julio de 2011

                   El Consejo de Seguridad,
                    Habiendo examinado la solicitud de admisión en las Naciones Unidas
               presentada por la República de Sudán del Sur (S/2011/418),
                    Recomienda a la Asamblea General que la República de Sudán del Sur sea
               admitida como Miembro de las Naciones Unidas.




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Texte français (official French version): Nations Unies                                                             S/RES/1999 (2011)
               Conseil de sécurité                                     Distr. générale
                                                                       13 juillet 2011




               Résolution 1999 (2011)
               Adoptée par le Conseil de sécurité à sa 6582e séance,
               le 13 juillet 2011

                   Le Conseil de sécurité,
                    Ayant examiné la demande d’admission à l’Organisation des Nations Unies
               présentée par la République du Soudan du Sud (S/2011/418),
                    Recommande à l’Assemblée générale d’admettre la République du Soudan du
               Sud à l’Organisation des Nations Unies.




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Русский текст (official Russian version): Организация Объединенных Наций                                                   S/RES/1999 (2011)
            Совет Безопасности                                 Distr.: General
                                                               13 July 2011




            Резолюция 1999 (2011),
            принятая Советом Безопасности на его 6582-м заседании
            13 июля 2011 года

                Совет Безопасности,
                 рассмотрев заявление Республики Южный Судан о приеме в члены Ор-
            ганизации Объединенных Наций (S/2011/418),
                 рекомендует Генеральной Ассамблее принять Республику Южный Судан
            в члены Организации Объединенных Наций.




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中文文本 (official Chinese version): 联合国                                                   S/RES/1999 (2011)
               安全理事会                               Distr.: General
                                                   13 July 2011




               第 1999(2011)号决议

               安全理事会 2011 年 7 月 13 日第 6582 次会议通过

                 安全理事会，

                 审查了南苏丹共和国要求加入联合国的申请(S/2011/418)，

                 建议大会接纳南苏丹共和国为联合国会员国。




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النص العربي (official Arabic version): ‫)‪S/RES/1999 (2011‬‬                                                                 ‫ﺍﻷﻣــﻢ ﺍﳌﺘﺤـﺪﺓ‬
‫‪Distr.: General‬‬
‫‪13 July 2011‬‬                                                                 ‫ﳎﻠﺲ ﺍﻷﻣﻦ‬



                                                                           ‫ﺍﻟﻘﺮﺍﺭ ‪(٢٠١١) ١٩٩٩‬‬
                          ‫ﺍﻟﺬﻱ ﺍﲣﺬﻩ ﳎﻠﺲ ﺍﻷﻣﻦ ﰲ ﺟﻠﺴﺘﻪ ‪ ،٦٥٨٢‬ﺍﳌﻌﻘﻮﺩﺓ ﰲ ‪ ١٣‬ﲤﻮﺯ‪/‬ﻳﻮﻟﻴﻪ ‪٢٠١١‬‬

                                                                            ‫ﺇﻥ ﳎﻠﺲ ﺍﻷﻣﻦ‪،‬‬
                  ‫ﻭﻗﺪ ﲝﺚ ﺍﻟﻄﻠﺐ ﺍﳌﻘـﺪﻡ ﻣـﻦ ﲨﻬﻮﺭﻳـﺔ ﺟﻨـﻮﺏ ﺍﻟـﺴﻮﺩﺍﻥ ﻟﻼﻧـﻀﻤﺎﻡ ﺇﱃ ﺍﻷﻣـﻢ ﺍﳌﺘﺤـﺪﺓ‬
                                                                                     ‫)‪،(S/2011/418‬‬
                       ‫ﻳﻮﺻﻲ ﺍﳉﻤﻌﻴﺔ ﺍﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ ﺑﻘﺒﻮﻝ ﲨﻬﻮﺭﻳﺔ ﺟﻨﻮﺏ ﺍﻟﺴﻮﺩﺍﻥ ﻋﻀﻮﺍ ﰲ ﺍﻷﻣﻢ ﺍﳌﺘﺤﺪﺓ‪.‬‬




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Draft resolution (S/2011/421):
United Nations                                                                       S/2011/421
            Security Council                                             Distr.: General
                                                                         13 July 2011

                                                                         Original: English




            Draft resolution

                 The Security Council,
                  Having examined the application of the Republic of South Sudan for admission
            to the United Nations (S/2011/418),
                 Recommends to the General Assembly that the Republic of South Sudan be
            admitted to membership in the United Nations.




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Meeting record:
United Nations                                                                                                   S/PV.6582
                Security Council                                                                                                 Provisional
                Sixty-sixth year

                6582nd meeting
                Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 10 a.m.
                New York




President:      Mr. Westerwelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           (Germany)

Members:        Bosnia and Herzegovina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                Mr. Alkalaj
                Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    Mr. Patriota
                China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     Mr. Wang Min
                Colombia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        Mr. Osorio
                France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    Mr. Douillet
                Gabon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     Mr. Moungara Moussotsi
                India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri
                Lebanon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       Mr. Salam
                Nigeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     Mrs. Ogwu
                Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      Mr. Brites Pereira
                Russian Federation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            Mr. Bogdanov
                South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        Mr. Radebe
                United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . . . .                                Mr. Bellingham
                United States of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              Ms. Rice


Agenda

                Admission of new Members
                        Report of the Committee on the Admission of New Members concerning the
                        application of the Republic of South Sudan for admission to membership in the
                        United Nations (S/2011/420)




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                speeches delivered in the other languages. The final text will be printed in the Official Records
                of the Security Council. Corrections should be submitted to the original languages only. They
                should be incorporated in a copy of the record and sent under the signature of a member of the
                delegation concerned to the Chief of the Verbatim Reporting Service, room U-506.

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S/PV.6582


     The meeting was called to order at 10.15 a.m.             I therefore declare that the draft resolution
                                                         contained in paragraph 3 of the report of the
Adoption of the agenda                                   Committee on the Admission of New Members
                                                         (S/2011/420) has been adopted without a vote as
     The agenda was adopted.                             resolution 1999 (2011).

Admission of new Members                                       I shall convey the decision of the Security
                                                         Council recommending the admission of the Republic
     Report of the Committee on the Admission of         of South Sudan to membership in the United Nations to
     New Members concerning the application of the       the Secretary-General for transmittal to the sixty-fifth
     Republic of South Sudan for admission to            session of the General Assembly in accordance with
     membership in the United Nations (S/2011/420)       rule 60 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure
                                                         and the request of the Republic of South Sudan.
      The President: I wish to welcome the presence at
this meeting of His Excellency Secretary-General Ban          I shall now make a statement, in my capacity as
Ki-moon.                                                 President of the Security Council, on behalf of the
                                                         members of the Council:
      Under the item on its agenda, the Security
Council will now begin its consideration of the report             “The Security Council has decided to
of the Committee on the Admission of New Members              recommend to the General Assembly that the
concerning the application of the Republic of South           Republic of South Sudan be admitted as a
Sudan for admission to membership in the United               Member of the United Nations. On behalf of the
Nations, which appears in document S/2011/420.                members of the Security Council, I wish to
                                                              extend my congratulations to the Republic of
      In paragraph 3 of the report, the Committee             South Sudan on this historic occasion.
recommends to the Security Council the adoption of a
                                                                    “The Council notes with great satisfaction
draft resolution on the application of the Republic of
                                                              the Republic of South Sudan’s solemn
South Sudan for admission to membership in the
                                                              commitment to uphold the purposes and
United Nations. I should like to congratulate the
                                                              principles of the Charter of the United Nations
Committee on its unanimous decision to recommend              and to fulfil all the obligations contained therein.
that the Republic of South Sudan be admitted to
membership in the United Nations.                                  “We look forward to the Republic of South
                                                              Sudan joining us as a Member of the United
      In accordance with the understanding reached in         Nations and to working closely with its
prior consultations among members of the Council, I           representatives.”
propose that the Council adopt the draft resolution
contained in paragraph 3 of the report of the                 This statement will be issued as a document of the
Committee on the Admission of New Members without        Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2011/14.
a vote.                                                       The Security Council has thus concluded its
                                                         consideration of the matter before it.
     As I see no objection, it is so decided.
                                                              The meeting rose at 10.20 a.m.




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Voting Summary
Yes: | No: | Abstentions: | Non-Voting: | Total voting membership:
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
BRAZIL
CHINA
COLOMBIA
FRANCE
GABON
GERMANY
INDIA
LEBANON
NIGERIA
PORTUGAL
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
SOUTH AFRICA
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED STATES