The Security Council Aide Memoire for the Consideration of Issues pertaining to the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict was elaborated in 2002 upon a request from the President of the Security Council to the Secretary-General (S/2001/614), and is periodically updated by OCHA.
The Aide Memoire serves as a reference tool on the Security Council’s practice on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Based on this practice, it lists the main themes and issues that pertain to the protection of civilians, by providing examples of verbatim Security Council language on each identified theme and issue. This site offers a user-friendly interface to search the Aide-Memoire and is entirely populated with official Security Council language on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
The Aide Memoire is regularly updated with relevant verbatim examples based on resolutions and presidential statements adopted by the Security Council.
Previous versions of the Aide Memoire can be found here: