In May 2013, some 20 UN member states launched a new initiative to improve the working methods of the UN Security Council. Dubbed �ACT�, the initiative aims for greater accountability, coherence, and transparency in the Council�s activities. This publication gauges this effort against the backdrop of previous stalled attempts to reform Council working methods and its composition. It concludes that ACT�s modest and seemingly technical proposals cut to the highly-political core issues of who controls representation of member states interests and who controls the reform agenda at the UN.