Table 1
Frequency of the use of ‘Stabilization’ in the United Nations Security Council open meetings, 2000–2014.
| 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of open UNSC meetings | 159 | 183 | 178 | 189 | 200 | 224 | 170 | 218 | 174 | 182 | 214 | 191 | 242 | 233 | 2757 |
| Total number of open UNSC meetings in which Stabilization is mentioned | 26 (16%) | 19 (10%) | 46 (26%) | 43 (23%) | 41 (21%) | 44 (19%) | 38 (22%) | 55 (25%) | 52 (30%) | 60 (33%) | 62 (29%) | 64 (34%) | 73 (30%) | 102 (44%) | 724 |
| Total number of times Stabilization is mentioned in open UNSC meetings | 59 | 51 | 97 | 247 | 194 | 171 | 146 | 243 | 270 | 309 | 377 | 388 | 443 | 671 | 3666 |
[i] Notes: The total number excludes the following instances: when the speaker was making an intervention on behalf of the EU and ‘the countries of the stabilization and association process’; when the speaker refers to the ‘stabilization and association process’ in South-Eastern Europe; when ‘stabilization’ appears in the title for the meeting.
(…) Share of open UNSC meetings in which the word stabilization is used.
Table 2
Frequency of the use of ‘Stabilization’ in the United Nations Security Council open meetings, by topic, 2000–2014 (top 10?)
| Topic | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 9 (3) | 76 (4) | 55 (6) | 3 (2) | 5 (2) | 140 (4) | 91 (6) | 108 (3) | 105 (3) | 114 (3) | 128 (3) | 834 (39) |
| Peacekeeping operations | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 14 (3) | 38 (2) | 24 (2) | 31 (3) | 36 (2) | 148 (4) | 296 (17) |
| DRC | 3 (2) | 0 (0) | 4 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 3 (2) | 17 (4) | 17 (5) | 82 (5) | 48 (6) | 40 (5) | 62 (7) | 278 (40) |
| Cooperation with regional organizations* | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 85 (2) | 35 (1) | 7 (2) | 16 (3) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 19 (3) | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 18 (3) | 39 (2) | 224 (21) |
| Afghanistan | 3 (1) | 6 (4) | 4 (4) | 11 (2) | 4 (1) | 11 (2) | 16 (3) | 23 (4) | 13 (3) | 30 (6) | 26 (4) | 19 (4) | 22 (4) | 27 (5) | 215 (47) |
| Somalia | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (1) | 1 (1) | 4 (2) | 8 (2) | 42 (8) | 16 (6) | 17 (6) | 19 (7) | 77 (5) | 19 (5) | 5 (5) | 215 (47) |
| African regions** | 1 (1) | 7 (4) | 15 (5) | 20 (5) | 4 (3) | 11 (4) | 10 (4) | 9 (2) | 7 (3) | 5 (3) | 7 (1) | 25 (11) | 40 (10) | 18 (7) | 179 (63) |
| Post-conflict peacebuilding | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 9 (1) | 0 (0) | 8 (2) | 74 (2) | 11 (1) | 17 (2) | 20 (4) | 4 (1) | 0 (0) | 11 (2) | 154 (15) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21 (3) | 25 (5) | 5 (1) | 38 (2) | 25 (2) | 7 (2) | 2 (1) | 6 (2) | 5 (2) | 7 (2) | 4 (2) | 1 (1) | 5 (2) | 1 (1) | 152 (28) |
| Kosovo | 13 (8) | 10 (5) | 24 (8) | 15 (4) | 6 (3) | 13 (4) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 5 (3) | 4 (2) | 3 (2) | 4 (3) | 8 (4) | 4 (4) | 110 (50) |
[i] Notes: The total number excludes instances when the speaker was making an intervention on behalf of the EU and ‘the countries of the stabilization and association process’ or the intervention referred to the ‘stabilization and association process’ in South-Eastern Europe.
(…) Number of meetings on the topic in which ‘stabilization’ is used by at least one speaker.
* Includes the following UNSC open meetings: Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security; The role of regional and subregional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security; Briefing by the Chair-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; Regional organizations-African Union.
** Includes the following UNSC open meetings: Africa; Central African region; Peace consolidation in West Africa; West Africa; Chad, the Central African Republic and the subregion; Great Lakes region; Security Council missions to Africa.