"Hitting the Ground Running": Twentieth Annual Workshop for Newly-elected Members of the Security Council hosted by the Government of Finland
“Hitting the ground running” the Twentieth Annual Workshop for Newly-elected Members of the Security Council, hosted by the Government of Finland, was held on 17 and 18 November 2022 at the Greentree Foundation, in Manhasset, New York.
Since 2003, the Government of Finland has convened and hosted the annual “Hitting the ground running” workshop for incoming members of the Security Council. The workshop is organized in cooperation with the Security Council Affairs Division of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and the independent non-profit organization Security Council Report.
The workshop provides an opportunity for newly elected members of the Security Council to gain inside knowledge of how the organ works from those who know it best – its 15 current members – enabling them to “hit the ground running” upon entering the Council. The workshop provides a platform for an unusually candid and wide-ranging dialogue among current and incoming members about the Council’s effectiveness in meeting its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, its likely challenges in the year ahead, and ways in which its working methods and the activities of its numerous subsidiary bodies can be improved.
From its inception, the workshop has been conducted under the Chatham House Rule of non-attribution to promote frankness and spontaneity. To that end, with the exception of the keynote address on the opening evening and introductory remarks by the host and co-organizers of the workshop on the second day, speakers are not identified in the present report, which was prepared by Security Council Report.
The 2022 “Hitting the ground running” workshop was held on 17 and 18 November at the Greentree Estate in Manhasset, New York. On 17 November, Comfort Ero, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Crisis Group, gave a keynote address that focused on the emerging peace and security challenges facing the Security Council, which was followed by a fireside chat between Ms. Ero and members of the Council.
On 18 November, three substantive interactive sessions were convened:
State of the Council in 2022: taking stock and looking ahead;
Working methods and subsidiary bodies;
Lessons learned: reflections of the class of 2022.
Read the Report of the 20th annual workshop "Hitting the ground running" for the newly elected members of the Security Council prepared by the Security Council via this link: 20th UNSC Greentree Hitting the Ground Running workshop report(Link to another website.)