Insights on the work of the UN Security Council
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Tomorrow (14 June), the Council will receive a briefing via video-teleconference from Modibo Touré, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS). The AU Special Representative to Guinea-Bissau, Ovidio Pequeno, may also brief...
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Tomorrow (14 June), the Security Council will receive a briefing by Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous on the AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), followed by consultations. Ladsous will present the special report of the UN Secretary-General and the...
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On Monday (13 June), the Security Council is scheduled to adopt a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 15 December. The draft passed through silence procedure yesterday (9 June) and is now in...
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Tomorrow (10 June), the Security Council will hold a ministerial-level open debate on the protection of civilians in the context of peacekeeping operations. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President Faustin-Archange Touadéra of the Central African Republic are expected to address...
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Tomorrow morning (3 June) Security Council members will be briefed in consultations on humanitarian access to besieged areas in Syria by OCHA head Stephen O’Brien. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will also brief via video-teleconference. Tomorrow’s briefing comes...
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June will be a busy month in the Security Council under the French presidency. Two open debates and six adoptions are currently scheduled. The two open debates are on sexual violence in conflict and on the protection of civilians in...
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Tomorrow morning (31 May), the Security Council will hold a public wrap-up session for the month of May. Egypt, Council president in May, has circulated a concept note describing the objectives of the meeting and suggesting issues that members may...
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Tomorrow (31 May), the Security Council is expected to adopt a resolution renewing the South Sudan sanctions regime (i.e. assets freezes and travel bans on designated individuals) for an additional year and the Panel of Experts for 13 months. After...
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Tomorrow (26 May), members of the UN Security Council will hold an informal meeting with members of the EU Political and Security Committee (PSC). Since this is an informal meeting, it will be held in the permanent mission of Egypt...
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This afternoon (26 May), Security Council members will receive a briefing in consultations on Guinea-Bissau from Political Affairs Assistant Secretary-General Tayé-Brook Zerihoun on the country’s ongoing political crisis. Senegal requested the briefing in order for Council members to get an...
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Tomorrow (26 May), the Security Council will have a briefing on challenges in the Sahel, focusing on the impact of climate change and desertification to peace and security in this region. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the head of the UN Office...
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This afternoon, Council members will discuss the next steps for the Security Council in the Secretary-General selection process under “any other business” at the request of Egypt. This is the first meeting in consultations regarding the appointment of the next...
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Tomorrow morning (26 May), Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura will brief Council members, via video-teleconference, as the intra-Syrian political process is facing serious challenges due to the unravelling cessation of hostilities and the ongoing lack of humanitarian access. Council members...
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Tomorrow (25 May), Security Council members are expected to receive a briefing in consultations from Special Envoy for Yemen Ismael Ould Cheikh Ahmed (via video-teleconference). The briefing is intended to update members on peace talks in Kuwait, in anticipation of...
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Tomorrow morning (25 May), the Council is expected to adopt a resolution that terminates the Liberia sanctions regime. This will end the remaining arms measures, the Liberia 1521 sanctions committee and the Panel of Experts, which were established in 2003....