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Abstract: This was the High Representative's report, covering the period from 16 April to 15 October 2020.
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Abstract: This was the Secretary-General's report on the implementation of resolution 1559, covering the period from 24 April to 2 October 2020.
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Abstract: This was a briefing on the latest Secretary-General’s report (S/2020/994) on MINUSCA.
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Abstract: This was a press statement adopted by Council members in which they reiterated their unanimous support for the peace process in Colombia and reiterated the importance of the full implementation of the 2016 peace agreement.
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Abstract: This was the seventh report from the Secretary-General focusing on children and armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It covers the period from 1 January 2018 to 31 March 2020.
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Abstract: This press statement, among other points, urged the Yemeni parties to urgently endorse the UN-facilitated Joint Declaration proposals without delay, condemned military escalations in Marib and Hodeidah governorates and expressed deep concern that famine is a realistic prospect.
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Abstract: This was a Council press statement condemning in the strongest terms the 15 October attack against MINUSMA in Kidal region through an explosive device, which killed one peacekeeper from Egypt and seriously injured one other, as well as the attack against a MINUSMA integrated camp in Timbuktu, which injured at least one peacekeeper from Burkina Faso.
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Abstract: This letter contained a record of the Council meeting on the situation in Colombia that took place on 14 October 2020.
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Abstract: This resolution renewed BINUH for one year.
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Abstract: At this meeting the Council adopted resolution 2547 (2020), renewing BINUH for one year. Two members, China and Russia, abstained.
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Abstract: This was the Secretary-General’s report on UNISFA.
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Abstract: This was the report detailing the delivery of humanitarian assistance in Somalia and any impediments present by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, as requested by resolution 2498 in 2019.
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Abstract: This was the adoption of the presidential statement (S/PRST/2020/10), welcoming the new transitional arrangements in Mali following the 18 August coup d’état, and outlining expectations of the way forward.
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Abstract: This presidential statement welcomed the new transitional arrangements in Mali following the 18 August coup d’état and outlined expectations of the way forward.
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Abstract: This was a briefing on Yemen.
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Abstract: This was the concept note for the annual debate on women, peace and security.
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Abstract: These were conclusions adopted by the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict on the Secretary-General's report on the Sudan, covering the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2019.
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Abstract: This was the regular 60-day report on the implementation of humanitarian resolutions by all parties to the conflict in Syria.
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Abstract: This was the Special Envoy's to the Great Lakes Region bi-annual briefing to the Council on the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region and other recent developments in the region.
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Abstract: A letter from the President of the Council that contains some of the statements from the 6 October VTC on MONUSCO, including the briefing by MONUSCO's SRSG.
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Abstract: This was the Secretary-General’s latest report on the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).
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Abstract: This was a report on MINUSCA.
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Abstract: This was a press statement that welcomed the signing of the 3 October 2020 peace agreement in Juba between the transitional government of Sudan and an opposition group, the Sudan Liberation Army led by Minni Minawi.
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Abstract: This presidential statement reaffirmed the status of Varosha as set out in previous Council resolutions and called on the sides in Cyprus and the guarantor powers to engage in dialogue.
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Abstract: This was a meeting requested by the Republic of Cyprus over recent actions by the Turkish Cypriot authorities in Varosha. Special Representative and head of UNFICYP Elizabeth Spehar briefed Council members via VTC.
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Abstract: This was a briefing on Mali with Special Representative and head of MINUSMA Mahamat Saleh Annadif.
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Abstract: This was a monthly briefing on the use of chemical weapons in Syria, which the Council president for October (Russia) decided to hold in public. The presidency invited José Bustani, a former director of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to brief. The European members of the Council (Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, and the UK) and the US objected, arguing that Bustani, who left the OPCW more than a decade before the Council began considering the Syria chemical weapons file, lacked the relevant expertise. Speaking on behalf of the six members, the UK asked the presidency to put the issue of the proposed briefer to a procedural vote.
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Abstract: This was the adoption of resolution 2546.
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Abstract: This resolution renewed for 12 months the authorisation for member states, acting nationally or through regional organisations, to inspect vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya that they have reasonable grounds to suspect are being used for migrant smuggling or human trafficking.
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Abstract: This was the most recent report on Kosovo.
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Abstract: This was the joint communiqué following the 14th annual joint consultative meeting between the UN Security Council and the AU Peace and Security Council.
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Abstract: This was the latest Secretary-General report on the implementation of the PSC Framework.
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Abstract: This is the Secretary-General's quarterly report on Mali and the activities of MINUSMA.
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Abstract: This was the conference room paper containing the detailed findings of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen from its report A/HRC/45/6.
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Abstract: This was the final report of the Panel of Experts on Somalia, which continued to illustrate the damaging impact of Al-Shabaab.
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Abstract: This was a report of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, which recommended that the UN Security Council refer the situation in Yemen to the International Criminal Court.
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Abstract: This was an in-person briefing on Sudan in the ECOSOC chamber.
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Abstract: This was the report examining BINUH's activities one year after the mission's establishment.
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Abstract: This was the Secretary-General's 90-day report on the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia.
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Abstract: This resolution renewed the mandate of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia until 25 September 2021.
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Abstract: This was the annual report on women, peace and security.
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Abstract: This was Secretary-General's report on UNDOF
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Abstract: This Secretary-General's report covers the period from 2 October 2019 to 31 August 2020.
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Abstract: This was a letter from Saudi Arabia on the hazardous situation of the FSO Safer oil tanker.
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Abstract: This letter contained the briefings and statements by member states from the open VTC on the humanitarian effects of environmental degradation and peace and security.
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Abstract: This report detailed developments in the DRC from 17 June to 18 September 2020 and provided information on adjustments to MONUSCO’s footprint ahead of a potential, and responsible, drawdown.
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Abstract: This General Assembly resolution contained its Declaration on the commemoration of the UN's seventy-fifth anniversary.
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Abstract: This was a letter from the US, stating that as of 20 September, all restrictive measures prior to the adoption of resolution 2231 were reinstated on Iran as a result of the US notification to the Security Council of Iran’s significant non-compliance with the JCPOA.
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Abstract: This contained the record of the briefings and statements made during the 17 September videoconference on conflict-induced food insecurity and the risk of famine.
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Abstract: This was a letter from the Secretary-General, ensuring the Secretariat’s support for the Security Council pending its clarification on whether or not the terminations in paragraph 7 (a) of resolution 2231 continue in effect.
