UN Documents Most Recent

  • 23 November 2020

    S/2020/1129

    This letter contained the statements made at a meeting on the situation in Libya, held on 19 November 2020.

  • 20 November 2020

    S/2020/1130

    This contained an 18 November 2020 letter from the Iraqi foreign minister requesting the Council to strengthen UNAMI’s role with regard to the upcoming elections.

  • 19 November 2020

    S/2020/1217

    This was a letter from the Secretary-General where he expressed his intention to appoint Nickolay Mladenov as his Special Envoy on Libya and Head of UNSMIL.

  • 18 November 2020

    S/2020/1125

    This was a letter from the Security Council in response to the Secretary-General's request for an extension of the deadline for the submission of his report on proposals for monitoring of the ceasefire agreement in Libya until 30 December 2020.

  • 17 November 2020

    S/PV.8777

    This was a briefing by José Singer Weisinger (Dominican Republic) in his capacity as chair of the Mali 2374 Sanctions Committee.

  • 16 November 2020

    S/2020/1119

    This transmitted the bi-annual assessments of the president and prosecutor on the IRMCT.

  • 13 November 2020

    S/2020/1108

    This letter transmitted the ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's delivered semi-annual briefing to the Council on recent developments concerning cases in Libya.

  • 13 November 2020

    S/2020/1124

    This was a letter by the Secretary-General requesting an extension of the deadline for the submission of his report on proposals for monitoring of the ceasefire agreement in Libya until 30 December 2020.

  • 13 November 2020

    S/2020/1115

    This was the joint special report on UNAMID and a follow-on presence, requested in resolution 2525.

  • 12 November 2020

    S/2020/1110

    This was the latest Secretary-General’s report on the implementation of resolution 1701.

  • 12 November 2020

    S/PV.8776

    This was the unanimous adoption of resolution 2552.

  • 12 November 2020

    S/RES/2552

    This resolution extended the mandate of MINUSCA for one year until 15 November 2021.

  • 12 November 2020

    S/PV.8774

    This was the unanimous adoption of resolution 2550.

  • 12 November 2020

    S/RES/2550

    This resolution renewed the mandate of UNISFA until 15 May 2021.

  • 12 November 2020

    S/PV.8775

    This meeting record covered the adoption of resolution 2551 (2020), including several explanations after the vote. China and Russia abstained from this resolution renewing elements of the Somalia sanctions regime.

  • 12 November 2020

    S/RES/2551

    This resolution renewed the partial lifting of the arms embargo on Somali security forces, the authorisation for maritime interdiction to enforce the embargo on illicit arms imports and charcoal exports, and humanitarian exemptions to the regime. The resolution also renewed the mandate of the Somalia Panel of Experts until 15 December 2021.

  • 11 November 2020

    S/2020/1107

    This was the fifth report on the activities of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.

  • 11 November 2020

    S/PV.8773

    This was the election of five judges to the ICJ.

  • 10 November 2020

    S/2020/1099

    This was the Secretary-General’s most recent report on UNAMI.

  • 10 November 2020

    S/2020/1099

    This was a report on UNAMI.

  • 9 November 2020

    S/2020/1297

    This was the summary of the IEG's 9 November 2020 meeting on the DRC.

  • 6 November 2020

    S/2020/1092

    This letter transmitted the Security Council's annual meeting with the heads of UN police components in UN peace operations. 

  • 6 November 2020

    S/2020/1089

    This was the most recent report on the issue of missing Kuwaiti and third-country nationals and missing Kuwaiti property, including the national archives.

  • 6 November 2020

    S/2020/1089

    This was the Secretary-General's 28th report on missing Kuwaiti and third-country nationals and missing Kuwaiti property, including the national archives.

  • 5 November 2020

    S/2020/1090

    This letter transmitted the statements from a virtual, high-level open debate on “contemporary drivers of conflict and insecurity”, under the Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace agenda.

  • 5 November 2020

    S/RES/2549

    This resolution renewed the authorisation of the EU-led multinational stabilisation force (EUFOR ALTHEA).

  • 5 November 2020

    SC/14349

    This was a press statement in which Council members condemned the 2 November attack that took place at Kabul University.

  • 5 November 2020

    S/2020/1087

    This letter transmitted resolution 2549, which renewed the authorisation of the EU-led multinational stabilisation force (EUFOR ALTHEA) for another year. 

  • 5 November 2020

    S/2020/1084

    This contained the statements given during the Security Council's annual open debate on women, peace and security on 29 October 2020.

  • 5 November 2020

    S/2020/1096

    This was from the Secretary-General informing the Council that the publication of the joint special report requested in resolution 2525 would be delayed.

  • 2 November 2020

    E/RES/2020/2

    This was a resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council aimed at better coordinating support to the Sahel.

  • 2 November 2020

    S/2020/1074

    This was a Secretary-General's report on the G5 Sahel Joint Force.

  • 2 November 2020

    S/2020/1072

    The annual report on the situation regarding piracy and armed robbery off the coast of Somalia. For the first time, there were no reported incidents.

  • 31 October 2020

    S/2020/1067

    This was the report requested in resolution 2521, assessing the role of the arms embargo.

  • 30 October 2020

    A/C.3/75/L.34

    This was the resolution on the situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar.

  • 30 October 2020

    S/RES/2548

    This resolution renewed MINURSO until 31 October 2021.

  • 30 October 2020

    S/2020/1054

    This was a draft resolution initiated by Russia, which failed to garner the needed amount of votes to pass.

  • 30 October 2020

    S/PV.8650

    This was a meeting on the Secretary-General's 2019 annual report on ways to strengthen the partnership between the UN and AU on issues of peace and security in Africa.

  • 30 October 2020

    S/2020/1079

    A copy of the 28 October briefing provided by Ambassador Philippe Kridelka (Belgium) in his capacity as Chair of the 751 Somalia Sanctions Committee.

  • 30 October 2020

    S/2020/1064

    This was the concept note for the 3 November virtual open debate on “contemporary drivers of conflict and insecurity”,

  • 29 October 2020

    S/2020/1056

    This was a monthly report from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Director-General Fernando Arias on progress in the elimination of the Syrian chemical weapons programme.

  • 29 October 2020

    S/2020/1059

    This was a letter from the Secretary-General containing the first elements of a plan to implement the recommendations of the assessment of the continued relevance of the resources of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

  • 27 October 2020

    SC/14339

    This was was on the ceasefire agreed between representatives of the GNA and the LAAF.

  • 27 October 2020

    S/2020/1043

    This letter contained a copy of the permanent ceasefire agreement signed by the Libyan parties in the 5+5 Joint Military Commission on 23 October 2020.

  • 27 October 2020

    SC/14338

    This was a press statement in which Council members condemned the 24 October attack that took place near the Kawsar e Danish educational center in Kabul.

  • 27 October 2020

    S/2020/1041

    In this letter, the Secretary-General shared the “Joint Strategy on the Progressive and Phased Drawdown of MONUSCO”.

  • 23 October 2020

    S/2020/1040

    This letter transmitted the transcript of the videoconference briefing on Kosovo.   

  • 22 October 2020

    S/PV.8772

    This was a briefing on Sudan/South Sudan.

  • 21 October 2020

    S/2020/1052

    This was the High Representative's report, covering the period from 16 April to 15 October 2020.

  • 20 October 2020

    S/2020/1032

    This was the Secretary-General's report on the implementation of resolution 1559, covering the period from 24 April to 2 October 2020.

  • 19 October 2020

    S/PV.8771

    This was a briefing on the latest Secretary-General’s report (S/2020/994) on MINUSCA.

  • 19 October 2020

    SC/14332

    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.

  • 19 October 2020

    S/2020/1030

    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.

  • 16 October 2020

    SC/14329

    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.

  • 16 October 2020

    SC/14330

    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.

  • 16 October 2020

    S/2020/1023

    This letter contained a record of the Council meeting on the situation in Colombia that took place on 14 October 2020.

  • 15 October 2020

    S/RES/2547

    This resolution renewed BINUH for one year.

  • 15 October 2020

    S/PV.8768

    At this meeting the Council adopted resolution 2547 (2020), renewing BINUH for one year. Two members, China and Russia, abstained.

  • 15 October 2020

    S/2020/1019

    This was the Secretary-General’s report on UNISFA.

  • 15 October 2020

    S/2020/1004

    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.

  • 15 October 2020

    S/PV.8769

    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.

  • 15 October 2020

    S/PRST/2020/10

    This presidential statement welcomed the new transitional arrangements in Mali following the 18 August coup d’état and outlined expectations of the way forward.

  • 15 October 2020

    S/PV.8770

    This was a briefing on Yemen.

  • 15 October 2020

    S/2020/1014

    This was the concept note for the annual debate on women, peace and security.

  • 15 October 2020

    S/AC.51/2020/7

    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.

  • 14 October 2020

    S/2020/1031

    This was the regular 60-day report on the implementation of humanitarian resolutions by all parties to the conflict in Syria.

  • 13 October 2020

    S/PV.8767

    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.

  • 13 October 2020

    S/2020/987

    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.

  • 12 October 2020

    S/2020/994

    This was the Secretary-General’s latest report on the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).

  • 12 October 2020

    S/2020/994

    This was a report on MINUSCA.

  • 9 October 2020

    SC/14323

    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.

  • 9 October 2020

    S/PRST/2020/9

    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.   

  • 9 October 2020

    S/PV.8766

    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.

  • 8 October 2020

    S/PV.8765

    This was a briefing on Mali with Special Representative and head of MINUSMA Mahamat Saleh Annadif.

  • 5 October 2020

    S/PV.8764

    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.  

  • 2 October 2020

    SPV.8763

    This was the adoption of resolution 2546.

  • 2 October 2020

    S/RES/2546

    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.

  • 1 October 2020

    S/2020/964

    This was the most recent report on Kosovo.

  • 30 September 2020

    S/2020/962

    This was the joint communiqué following the 14th annual joint consultative meeting between the UN Security Council and the AU Peace and Security Council.

  • 29 September 2020

    S/2020/951

    This was the latest Secretary-General report on the implementation of the PSC Framework.

  • 29 September 2020

    S/2020/952

    This is the Secretary-General's quarterly report on Mali and the activities of MINUSMA.

  • 29 September 2020

    A/HRC/45/CRP.7

    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.

  • 28 September 2020

    S/2020/949

    This was the final report of the Panel of Experts on Somalia, which continued to illustrate the damaging impact of Al-Shabaab.

  • 28 September 2020

    A/HRC/45/6

    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.

  • 25 September 2020

    S/PV.8761

    This was an in-person briefing on Sudan in the ECOSOC chamber.

  • 25 September 2020

    S/2020/944

    This was the report examining BINUH's activities one year after the mission's establishment.

  • 25 September 2020

    S/2020/943

    This was the Secretary-General's 90-day report on the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia.

  • 25 September 2020

    S/RES/2545

    This resolution renewed the mandate of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia until 25 September 2021.

  • 25 September 2020

    S/2020/946

    This was the annual report on women, peace and security.

  • 25 September 2020

    S/2020/945

    This was Secretary-General's report on UNDOF