General Information
Under operative paragraph 4 of resolution 1540 (2004), the 1540 Committee is mandated to report to the Security Council for its examination, on the implementation of this resolution. Successor resolutions also called upon the Committee to review implementation and to submit to the Security Council reports on the conclusions of such reviews. Beyond the periodic reviews conducted in 2006, 2008 and 2011, comprehensive reviews were conducted in 2009, 2016 and 2022. In accordance with resolution 1977 (2011), annual reviews have been prepared since 2012.
Comprehensive Review of the Status of Implementation of Resolution 1540 (2004)
Under operative paragraph 3 of resolution 2663 (2022), the Security Council decides that the 1540 Committee will conduct comprehensive reviews on the status of implementation of resolution 1540 (2004), including through the holding of open consultations of the Committee in New York, both after five years and prior to the renewal of its mandate, including through, if necessary, recommendations on adjustments to the mandate, and will submit to the Security Council a report upon the conclusion of each of those reviews, and decides that, accordingly, the first review should be held before December 2027.