Overview

Pakistan will preside over the Security Council in January.

Open debates are planned on a comprehensive approach to counter-terrorism and a multidimensional approach to peacekeeping. Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar is expected to preside over the counter-terrorism debate and both debates are likely to include a briefing by the Secretary-General.

There is also going to be the quarterly open debate on the Middle East, with a briefing expected from the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry.

A briefing is expected on developments in Yemen, by the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser, Jamal Benomar.

Briefings, followed by consultations are likely on:

• developments in the Central African Republic and the latest Secretary-General’s report on the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA) by Margaret Vogt, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of BINUCA;
• developments in Côte d’Ivoire and the latest Secretary-General’s report on the UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) by Albert Gerard Koenders, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of UNOCI;
• developments in Libya by Tarek Mitri, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL);
• developments in Burundi and the latest Secretary-General’s report on the UN Office in Burundi (BNUB) by Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of BNUB;
• the work of the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) and the Secretary-General’s report by Said Djinnit, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of UNOWA;
• the Secretary-General’s quarterly report on the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) by the head of the UN Peacekeeping Department, Hervé Ladsous;
• the Secretary-General’s further options for a voluntary and UN-funded logistics support packages for the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA); and
•  the rule of law, most likely by the Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson.

Briefings in consultations are likely on:

• the work of and the latest Secretary-General’s report on the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) by Lisa Buttenheim, the Special Representative and head of mission;
• developments in Sudan and South Sudan by Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Haile Menkerios (twice, in line with resolution 2046); and
• the work of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), by its head Miroslav Jenca.

The Council will also be following closely developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Syria and may hold meetings on these situations.

A formal meeting will be needed to adopt the renewal of the mandate of BINUCA and UNFICYP.