June 2025 Monthly Forecast

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• Overview

  In June, Guyana holds the presidency of the Security Council.   Read more

• Security Council Elections 2025 

  On 3 June, the 79th session of the UN General Assembly is scheduled to hold elections for membership of the Security Council. The five seats available for election in 2025, according to the regular distribution among regions. Read more

• Status Update since our May Forecast

  This is the Status Update since our May Forecast. Read more

• Children and Armed Conflict

  In late June, the Security Council will hold its annual open debate on children and armed conflict. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba is expected to present the Secretary-General’s annual report on children and armed conflict, which is expected in mid-June. Other speakers are likely to include Executive Director of UNICEF Catherine Russell and a civil society briefer. The open debate is expected to cover trends relating to the six grave violations against children, while focusing on violations that had a high incidence in the past year. (The six grave violations, as determined by the Security Council, are child recruitment and use; killing and maiming; rape and other forms of sexual violence; attacks on schools and hospitals; abductions; and the denial of humanitarian access.) In this regard, it seems that the meeting will focus on the killing and maiming of children, including the effects of the use of explosive weapons, as well as rape and other forms of sexual violence against children. Read more

• Syria

  In June, the Security Council expects to hold two meetings on Syria: one on political and humanitarian issues, and another on the chemical weapons track. Read more

• UNOCA (Central Africa)

  In June, the Security Council will hold a briefing and consultations on the Secretary-General’s semi-annual report on the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) and the implementation of the UN’s regional strategy to combat the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Special Representative and Head of UNOCA Abdou Abarry is expected to brief. The mandate of UNOCA expires on 31 August 2027. Read more

• Iraq

  In June, the Security Council will hold its biannual meeting on the situation in Iraq. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Mohamed Al Hassan will brief on recent political, security, and humanitarian developments in the country, as well as on progress in implementing resolution 2732 of 31 May 2024, which streamlined UNAMI’s mandate and decided to close the mission by 31 December 2025. Read more

• International Criminal Tribunals

  In June, the Security Council is scheduled to hold its semi-annual debate on the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT). The President of the IRMCT, Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, and the Chief Prosecutor of the IRMCT, Serge Brammertz, are expected to brief during the debate and meet with the Informal Working Group on International Tribunals prior to that. Read more

• Yemen

  In June, the Security Council will hold its monthly meeting on Yemen. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and an official from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) are expected to brief on political, security, and humanitarian developments in the country. Read more

• UNDOF (Golan)

  In June, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which expires on 31 December. In mid-June, an official from the Department of Peace Operations (DPO) is expected to brief Council members in closed consultations on the Secretary-General’s latest 90-day report on UNDOF, due on 2 June, and the most recent developments. Read more

• Poverty, Underdevelopment, and Conflict: Implications for the Maintenance of International Peace and Security

  As the signature event of its presidency, Guyana is planning to hold a high-level open debate on “Poverty, Underdevelopment, and Conflict: Implications for the Maintenance of International Peace and Security”. Invited briefers include Secretary-General António Guterres, an official from the UN Development Programme (UNDP), and an African Union (AU) Commission official. President Mohamed Irfaan Ali of Guyana is expected to chair the meeting. Read more

• Afghanistan 

  In June, the Security Council will convene for its quarterly open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Afghanistan. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Roza Otunbayeva and a senior official from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) are expected to brief. The delivery of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan will be one aspect of the briefing in accordance with resolution 2615.    Read more

• Libya

  In June, the Security Council will hold its bimonthly briefing on the situation in Libya. Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Hanna Serwaa Tetteh will brief the Council on recent political, security, and humanitarian developments in the country and the Secretary-General’s latest report on UNSMIL.  Read more

• Iran

  In June, the Security Council is expected to convene a briefing on the Secretary-General’s biannual report on the implementation of resolution 2231 of 20 July 2015, which endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear programme. The Council will also receive a report from the Joint Commission, which was established to oversee the implementation of the JCPOA and comprises the current parties to the agreement: China, France, Germany, Russia, the UK, and Iran. Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo and a representative of the European Union (EU) in its capacity as coordinator of the Joint Commission are expected to brief.  Read more

• Central African Republic

  In June, the Security Council will hold a briefing and consultations on the Secretary-General’s latest report on the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). Special Representative for the Central African Republic (CAR) and Head of MINUSCA Valentine Rugwabiza is expected to brief. Read more

• Sudan

  In June, the Security Council is expected to receive the regular 120-day briefing on the situation in Sudan. The Council is also expected to be briefed on the work of the 1591 Sudan Sanctions Committee. Read more

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

  In June, the Security Council will hold a briefing and consultations on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Special Representative and Head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) Bintou Keita is expected to brief. Read more