What's In Blue: Africa
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Tomorrow morning (8 April), High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay will brief Security Council members on the situations in the Central African Republic (CAR), Libya, Mali, South Sudan and Syria. Pillay last briefed the Council during a 12 February...
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Tomorrow (8 April), the Council will be briefed under “Any Other Business” by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman on recent developments in Burundi. This is the second time in less than a month that Council members will receive a...
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In consultations this morning under “Any Other Business”, the Council expects to receive a briefing from Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman on preparations for presidential and legislative elections in Guinea-Bissau, which are scheduled for 13 April. The elections,...
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April looks to be a lighter month than March with 11 formal meetings scheduled (nine public and two private) and eight consultations at press time. Among the formal meetings are four thematic meetings on genocide, security sector reform, women, peace...
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The Security Council is scheduled to adopt a resolution on the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) tomorrow morning (3 April) that largely reflects the analysis of the special report of the Secretary-General of 25 February (S/2014/138). This report outlines...
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Tomorrow (27 March) the Security Council is scheduled to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) – including the mandate of the intervention brigade –...
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Tomorrow (26 March), the Security Council will be briefed by Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen, the Executive Representative of the Secretary-General to Sierra Leone, and Ambassador Guillermo Rishchynski (Canada), chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) Sierra Leone country-configuration at a meeting which...
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Tomorrow (26 March), at the request of the US, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tayé-Brook Zerihoun will brief Council members in consultations on the situation in Burundi. The request comes at a time of deterioration in the political situation. At...
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Tomorrow morning (20 March), the Security Council will be briefed by Karin Landgren, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to Liberia and head of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) on the Secretary-General’s latest report on Liberia (S/2014/123). Ambassador Staffan...
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The Security Council is set to vote tomorrow (19 March) on a resolution imposing measures on vessels designated by the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee to be transporting crude oil illicitly exported from Libya. The draft resolution, which is now in...
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Tomorrow, 18 March, the Council is scheduled to be briefed on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) by Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous, on the report of the Secretary-General on UNMISS released on 6 March (S/2014/158), and by...
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This afternoon, the Security Council is set to adopt a resolution extending the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 13 March 2015 and the mandate of the Panel of Experts (PoE) assisting the 1970 Libya Sanctions...
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Tomorrow (14 March), Security Council members are set to hold an “Arria-formula meeting” chaired by France and Nigeria, focusing on the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), in particular on communal and religious tensions and violence. (Arria-formula meetings are...
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Tomorrow (12 March) Council members will hold consultations on Sudan-South Sudan issues and the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) in the morning and on the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) in the afternoon. Haile Menkerios, the Special...
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Tomorrow (11 March), Special Representative of the Secretary-General Nicholas Kay is scheduled to brief the Council on the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). Kay will likely be briefing via videoconference from Mogadishu. It was unclear at press time, if...