Sudan

  • October 2011

    UNAMID

    Monthly Forecast

    The Council is expected to receive a briefing and hold consultations on recent developments in Darfur and the Secretary-General's report on the AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). At press time, no outcome was anticipated.

  • September 2011

    Sudan, South Sudan and Darfur

    Monthly Forecast

    In September, the Council is likely to be briefed on the Secretary-General's second report on the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), due on 27 September.

  • 29 July 2011

    The AU-UN Mission in Darfur Resolution

    What's in Blue

    The Council’s programme of work originally envisaged the adoption of a resolution renewing the AU-UN mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today (28 July). However, it seems that the negotiations have been difficult on some issues and Council members are still finalising...

  • 21 July 2011

    Darfur: Briefing by Ibrahim Gambari

    What's in Blue

    On Friday, 22 July the head of UNAMID, Ibrahim Gambari will brief the Council and Council members will hold closed consultations following the briefing. It seems that an initial draft of the resolution to renew UNAMID’s mandate, which expires on...

  • July 2011

    Sudan/Darfur

    Monthly Forecast

    The Council is expected to renew the mandate of the AU-UN Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) ahead of the expiry of its mandate on 31 July.

  • 23 June 2011

    Insights on Sudan

    What's in Blue

    The situation in Sudan continues to occupy the Council. On Monday, 20 June, the Council were briefed by Thabo Mbeki, Chairperson of the AU High Level Implementation Panel and Haile Menkerios, head of UNMIS, via video link from Addis Ababa...

  • 15 June 2011

    Briefing on Sudan

    What's in Blue

    The briefing on Sudan by peacekeeping head Alain Le Roy, which was postponed twice since Friday, is scheduled to take place today (15 June) at 3 pm. It is also possible that UN Special Envoy, Haile Menkerios, and former South...

  • 13 June 2011

    Briefing on Sudan

    What's in Blue

    The briefing on Sudan scheduled for this afternoon by peacekeeping head, Alain le Roy, has been postponed. It appears that the parties asked the Council to give them more time to work out a solution to Abyei. (Since Sunday Ethiopian...

  • 13 June 2011

    Briefing on Sudan

    What's in Blue

    The briefing on Sudan by peacekeeping head, Alain le Roy, to the Council originally scheduled for Friday (10 June) was moved from Friday to today (Monday, 13 June). Council members decided to wait so that the briefing could include a...

  • June 2011

    Sudan/Darfur

    Monthly Forecast

    The Council is scheduled to receive a biannual briefing from the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, on the court's work in Sudan. The prosecutor is expected to deliver his report in a public meeting of the Council, followed by a private meeting.

  • 19 May 2011

    Security Council Mission to Africa

    What's in Blue

    Council members will begin their mission to Africa tomorrow. (The Council itself remains formally at Headquarters in New York and would meet here if required on any issue.) Members will be visiting Nairobi, Juba, Abyei, Khartoum and Addis Ababa. Members...

  • 26 April 2011

    Insights on Sudan

    What's in Blue

    Tomorrow (Wednesday, 27 April) the Council is likely to adopt a “technical rollover” resolution extending the UN Mission in Sudan. The current mandate of UNMIS expires on 30 April. The draft resolution would renew it until 9 July at current...

  • 19 April 2011

    Insights on Sudan

    What's in Blue

    The Council is expected to receive two separate briefings tomorrow (Wednesday, 20 April) on Sudan – one on the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the other on the AU-UN Hybrid mission in Darfur (UNAMID). Council members will also have...

  • 12 April 2011

    Insights on Sudan

    What's in Blue

    The report on the Darfur-based Political Process (DPP) which Council members expected orginally in late February and then in April is now expected to be delayed further. (On 9 February the Council requested in a presidential statement that the Secretary-General...

  • This afternoon Council members will have informal consultations on the interim report of the 1591 Sanction Committee on Sudan. This flows from resolution 1945 renewing the mandate of the panel of experts on 14 October 2010 when the Council requested...