What's In Blue: Africa
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The Council is expected to adopt a resolution on Somalia-Eritrea sanctions either tomorrow or Friday (22 or 23 October). A text was first circulated by the penholder, the UK, on Thursday last week, with negotiations on Friday and Monday, and...
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Tomorrow (21 October), Council members will be briefed during consultations on the situation in Burundi, by the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman. The briefing is being held at the request of France, in light of the continuing political turmoil...
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Tomorrow morning (20 October), the Council is scheduled to adopt a presidential statement on the deteriorating situation in the Central African Republic (CAR). Council members have issued two press statements on the CAR in recent weeks. The first, on 28...
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This morning (9 October) the Council will vote on a draft resolution* adjusting the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to support implementation of the “Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South...
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Tomorrow (9 October), the Council is expected to vote on a resolution* aimed at disrupting human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants on the high seas off the coast of Libya. The draft was circulated in September by the UK,...
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Tomorrow morning (6 October), Council members will discuss developments in Burkina Faso under “any other business” following consultations on Mali. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the head of the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA), will brief via video-teleconference from Dakar. The...
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This afternoon Council members will discuss the unfolding developments in Burkina Faso under “any other business” following consultations on the UN Disengagement Observer Force. At press time, Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman was expected to brief Council members,...
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In an effort to exert leverage on the parties in South Sudan to honour the peace agreement they signed in late August, amid ongoing violations of the ceasefire agreement outlined in the accord, the US last week proposed two additional...
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On Thursday (17 September), the Council is expected to adopt a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). The penholder, the US, first circulated a draft text on Thursday, 10 September, following a briefing on UNMIL...
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This afternoon (10 September), the Council is set to adopt a resolution renewing the current mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 15 March 2016. The UK, the penholder on Libya, circulated the draft to Council members...
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Tomorrow (4 September), Council members expect to receive a briefing in consultations via video teleconference from Juba on the situation in South Sudan from Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Ellen Margrethe...
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On Wednesday (2 September), the Council is scheduled to adopt a resolution on Liberia sanctions. The draft resolution was first circulated by the penholder, the US, on 20 August. A brief round of negotiations was held the following day, and...
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This afternoon (28 August), the Security Council is scheduled to adopt a presidential statement welcoming South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir’s signature of the agreement on the resolution of the conflict in South Sudan. The draft presidential statement was circulated on...
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Tomorrow morning (28 August), the Security Council will have its biannual briefing, on Guinea-Bissau which will be followed by consultations. Miguel Trovoada, the Head of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS), will present the Secretary-General’s 13 August...
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Tomorrow morning (27 August), Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman will brief the Security Council on his one day visit to Burkina Faso on 25 August. Feltman visited the country, together with the head of the UN Office for...