What's In Blue: Africa
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Tomorrow morning (23 January), the Security Council is scheduled to receive a briefing on the most recent report (S/2014/26) of the Secretary-General on the AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), likely by Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous. Council members...
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This afternoon at the request of Luxembourg, the Council will be briefed on the human rights and humanitarian situation in Central African Republic (CAR) by Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative on...
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Tomorrow morning (16 January), the Security Council is scheduled to receive a briefing by Albert Gerard Koenders, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), followed by consultations. Although at...
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Tomorrow morning the Council is scheduled to hold consultations on Sudan and South Sudan and the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Haile Menkerios, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan and South Sudan and head of the UN...
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The Security Council is scheduled to hold consultations on South Sudan on Monday (30 December) at 10 am. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Hilde Johnson is expected to brief, supported...
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This afternoon (24 December), the Security Council is scheduled to adopt a resolution authorising an increase in the military and police capacity of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). The draft resolution, which was circulated yesterday, is a response...
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Tomorrow morning (20 December) Council members are scheduled to hold consultations on South Sudan with Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet expected to brief. At press time, it was unclear whether a Council outcome would result from the meeting,...
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Tomorrow (18 December), the Security Council plans to hold a briefing on drug trafficking in West Africa and the Sahel. The Secretary-General will address the Council, which will also hear briefings from the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the...
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This afternoon (17 December) the situation in South Sudan is likely to be raised under “Any Other Business” in consultations following the Security Council’s deliberations on the UN Office for West Africa. It is anticipated that Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for...
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The Security Council expects to receive a briefing tomorrow on the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) by the Special Representative of the Secretary General to West Africa Said Djinnit, which will be followed by consultations. The briefing and consultations...
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The Security Council seems likely to adopt a presidential statement on Monday (16 December) on the situation in Libya, following a briefing and consultations with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Support Mission to Libya...
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The Security Council is likely to adopt a presidential statement tomorrow (12 December) on the Sahel region following a briefing by the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Sahel, Romano Prodi, on the implementation of the UN integrated strategy for the...
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Tomorrow Council members will be briefed in consultations on recent developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in...
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This afternoon, Council members will receive a briefing by Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Edmond Mulet, on the political and security situation in Mali. Ambassador Gérard Araud (France) is also expected to brief Council members in his national capacity on...
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Tomorrow morning, 10 December, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), Nicholas Kay, will brief the Security Council via video conference. The briefing will concern the most recent report of the...