Insights on the work of the UN Security Council
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Tomorrow morning (30 June), Ambassador Román Oyarzun (Spain) and Ambassador Ramlan Bin Ibrahim (Malaysia) will co-chair an Arria-formula meeting on the role of climate change as a threat multiplier for global security. Members are expected to discuss the interconnected threats...
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Tomorrow (29 June), the Security Council is expected to adopt a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) for one year. A first draft was circulated by France, the penholder on Mali, late...
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On Monday (29 June), the Council is scheduled to adopt a resolution renewing the mandate of the AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) for an additional year in keeping with the recommendation made by the Secretary-General in his recent report...
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On Monday (29 June), ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is expected to give her semi-annual briefing to the Security Council on the court’s work in Darfur. This briefing takes place at a critical time for Darfur, with the Council expected to...
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This afternoon the Security Council will adopt a presidential statement ahead of the parliamentary election in Burundi on Monday and the presidential elections scheduled for 15 July. It also follows Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call for a postponement of the elections...
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On Friday morning (26 June), Security Council members France and Spain have organised an Arria-formula meeting on the issue of the indiscriminate use of weapons, including barrel bombs, against civilians in Syria. The Arria was organised so that Council members...
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Tomorrow (25 June), the Security Council will receive briefings from Olof Skoog (Sweden) and Antonio de Aguiar Patriota (Brazil), the current and former chairs of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), on the eighth annual report of the PBC (S/2015/174). In the...
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Tomorrow morning (25 June), the Security Council is scheduled to adopt a resolution that will renew the mandate of the UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), which is due to expire on 30 June. France, the penholder on Côte d’Ivoire,...
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Tomorrow morning (24 June), Security Council members will have consultations on Yemen. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Yemen, and OCHA Operations Director John Ging are expected to brief. Council members may issue a press statement that...
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Tomorrow (23 June), the Security Council will be briefed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Mongi Hamdi, on the situation in Mali, followed by consultations. Council members...
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On Friday morning (19 June), Council members will participate in a closed Arria-formula meeting on the human rights situation in Darfur. Called at the initiative of the US, the meeting is intended to mark the 10th anniversary of the Commission...
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On Thursday (18 June), the Security Council will hold a ministerial-level open debate on children and armed conflict focused on the Secretary-General’s annual report on this topic (S/2015/409) and on the issue of abductions. The debate will be chaired by...
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Tomorrow afternoon (16 June), at the Council meeting featuring the semi-annual briefing by the chairs of the three counter-terrorism-related committees (the 1267/1989 Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee; the 1373 Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC); and the 1540 Committee) a press statement on the comprehensive...
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Tomorrow morning (11 June), Abdoulaye Bathily, the Special Representative and head of UN Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), will brief the Security Council on the Secretary-General’s report on UNOCA and the UN regional strategy on the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)...
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Tomorrow afternoon (10 June), there will be a briefing and consultations on the AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). Assistant-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet is expected to brief the Council on the Secretary-General’s most recent UNAMID report (S/2015/378). The...