UN Security Council Provisions on Civilian Protection, 1999 Onwards

United Nations Security Council decisions from 1999 onward containing keywords related to the Protection of Civilians. The Security Council Affairs Division created this dashboard as an information resource for the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council. The data was last updated on 2026-05-20.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Security Council language on civilian protection based on keyword mentions.
• Track the evolution of Protection of Civilians (POC) provisions in resolutions and presidential statements.
• Study the relationship between conflict events and Security Council decision-making based on curated POC keywords.

Strengths

• Data covers Security Council decisions from 1999 onward, providing a multi-decade time series.
• Provisions are curated based on a specific set of keywords related to Protection of Civilians.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

United Nations Peace and Security Data Hub

Collection Method

Created by the Security Council Affairs Division from official Security Council decisions (resolutions and presidential statements).

Time Range

1999 onward

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 10:38:16.179466; freshness should be verified.