Insights on the work of the UN Security Council
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Tomorrow (23 February), the Security Council will hold an open debate on the 2015 review of the UN peacebuilding architecture. The briefers will be current PBC chair Ambassador Macharia Kamau (Kenya), Ambassador Olof Skoog (Sweden), who served as chair of...
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Tomorrow (19 February), the Council will hold a briefing, followed by consultations, on the situation in South Sudan and the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), as well as on the work of the South Sudan Sanctions Committee. Regarding the...
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Tomorrow (18 February), Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman will provide a briefing, followed by consultations, during the Council’s regular monthly meeting on the Middle East. There has been an increase in Council activity on Israel/Palestine under Venezuela’s presidency....
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Tomorrow (18 February), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Haile Menkerios is expected to provide the quarterly briefing to Council members on Sudan/South Sudan issues in consultations, via video-teleconference. These quarterly briefings—originally held on a semi-monthly basis—focus on the implementation of...
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Tomorrow (16 February), the Council will be briefed by OCHA head Stephen O’Brien, followed by consultations, on the humanitarian situation in Yemen. The following day (17 February), the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismael Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and the Chair...
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On 15 February (Monday), the Council will hold a ministerial level open debate on the topic of “Respect for the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations as a key element for the maintenance of international peace...
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Security Council members are expected to hold consultations this afternoon on the situation in Burundi. The meeting was called for by France, the penholder on Burundi. Jamal Benomar, the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General, is expected to brief. A representative...
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Tomorrow (10 February), the Security Council is scheduled to vote on a draft resolution renewing the Panel of Experts of the 1591 Sudan Sanctions Committee until 12 March 2017. The draft in blue expresses the Council’s intention to take appropriate...
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On Thursday (11 February), at the initiative of Venezuela, the Security Council is scheduled to hold a debate titled “Working Methods of Security Council Subsidiary Organs”. A concept note for the debate was circulated on 2 February (S/2016/102). Briefings are...
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On Tuesday (9 February), the Security Council will be briefed by Jeffrey Feltman, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on UN counter-terrorism efforts against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), followed by consultations. The briefing will be based...
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Tomorrow (5 February), at the request of Venezuela, Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura will brief Security Council members in consultations, via video teleconference, on the postponement of political talks between the Syrian government and the Syrian opposition. John...
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This afternoon, the Security Council adopted its provisional programme of work for February. Venezuela, as Council president this month, has elected to hold two open debates. The first debate will focus on the respect of purposes and principles of the...
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Tomorrow morning (28 January), the Security Council is scheduled to hold a meeting on Somalia, followed by consultations, to consider the Secretary-General’s 8 January quarterly report (S/2016/27). Briefings are expected via VTC by the new Special Representative for Somalia, Michael...
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Tomorrow morning (28 January) the Security Council is expected to adopt a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for an additional six months. The draft was put into blue earlier today. The UK, the...
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The Council is expected to adopt a resolution tomorrow renewing the sanctions on the Central African Republic (CAR), which expire on 29 January, and the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 2127 Sanctions Committee, which expires on 29...