July 2025 Monthly Forecast

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• Overview   

  In July, Pakistan will hold the presidency of the Security Council.    Read more

• In Hindsight: Moving Towards a Second Era of Application of the Tools of the Children and Armed Conflict Agenda

  This In Hindsight analyses the messages and priorities outlined by Council members and other member states during the open debate on children and armed conflict. It also analyses the current challenges facing the agenda and makes recommendations for action, based on findings presented in our latest research report, titled “Children and Armed Conflict: Progression, Regression or Maintenance of the Agenda?”. Read more

• Status Update since our June Forecast

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

• Conflict Prevention and Peaceful Resolution of Disputes 

  In July, the Security Council will convene a high-level open debate on “Promoting international peace and security through multilateralism and the peaceful settlement of disputes”. The meeting, organised under the “Maintenance of international peace and security” agenda item, is expected to highlight concerning trends of protracted and unresolved disputes that threaten international peace and security, and to call for reinforced collective efforts to address them.   Pakistan aims to adopt a resolution in connection with the debate urging member states and the UN Secretariat to make full use of all Chapter VI mechanisms for the peaceful resolution of disputes between nations, in line with Action 16 of the Pact for the Future.  Read more

• Haiti

  In July, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) prior to its 15 July expiration.  In addition, on 2 July, the Council plans to hold its 90-day briefing on the situation in Haiti. Closed consultations are expected to follow the briefing. Read more

• Yemen

  In July, the Security Council will hold its monthly briefing, followed by closed consultations, 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. The Council is also expected to renew the mandate of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA), which expires on 14 July, and the monthly reporting requirement on Houthi attacks on merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea, originally mandated by Security Council resolution 2722, which expires on 15 July.  Read more

• UNRCCA (Central Asia)

  In July, Kaha Imnadze, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), is expected to brief Security Council members on the UNRCCA’s work in closed consultations. Read more

• Sudan

  In July, the Security Council is expected to receive the semi-annual briefing on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) activities related to the situation in Darfur. ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan is expected to brief. Read more

• Cyprus

  In July, Security Council members are expected to receive a briefing in consultations on the situation in Cyprus. Special Representative and Head of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Colin Stewart is expected to brief Council members on the Secretary-General’s forthcoming reports on UNFICYP and on his good offices mission in Cyprus, both of which are due on 3 July. Read more

• Syria

  In July, the Security Council is expected to hold a meeting on political and humanitarian developments in Syria. An official from the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Syria and an official from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) are expected to brief. Read more

• Lebanon

  In July, Council members expect to receive a briefing in consultations on the Secretary-General’s report on the implementation of resolution 1701. Read more

• The Middle East, including the Palestinian Question

  In July, the Security Council will hold its quarterly open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Read more

• UN-OIC Cooperation

  In July, the Council is expected to hold a briefing under the agenda item “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security”, focusing on the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister, Ishaq Dar, is expected to chair the meeting. OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha and a UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) official are the anticipated briefers. Read more

• Central African Republic

  In July, the Security Council is expected to vote to extend the 2745 sanctions regime, which expires at the end of the month, and renew the mandate of the Panel of Experts supporting the 2745 Sanctions Committee, which expires on 31 August. Read more

• UN Peace Operations

  In July, Pakistan plans to convene a briefing on UN peace operations. A senior UN official is expected to brief. Read more

• Colombia

  In July, the Security Council is expected to receive a briefing from Special Representative and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia Carlos Ruiz Massieu on recent developments in Colombia and the Secretary-General’s latest 90-day report on the mission, which was circulated to Council members on 26 June (S/2025/419). Read more