Mali

  • 27 March 2013

    Mali Consultations

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    Council members will meet this afternoon (27 March) in consultations to discuss developments in Mali. Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, is scheduled to brief on developments on the ground. Edmond Mulet, the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, might...

  • 15 March 2013

    Briefing on the Mali Humanitarian Situation

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    On Monday (18 March) Council members will be briefed in consultations by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, on the humanitarian situation in Mali. It seems France asked for the briefing and this is the...

  • Tomorrow, 13 March, the twenty-seven ambassadors of the EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) are meeting with the fifteen ambassadors of the UN Security Council.* This informal event, which is not on the official programme of work of the Council,...

  • March 2013

    Mali

    Monthly Forecast

    The Council is expected to be briefed in consultations by Under-Secretary-General of Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, and will discuss the upcoming report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 2085 of 20 December 2012.

  • 27 February 2013

    Mali Consultations

    What's in Blue

    Council members will meet this afternoon (27 February) in consultations to discuss developments in Mali. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, is expected to brief. Council members are also expected to discuss the content of a 12 February letter (S/2013/113)...

  • 5 February 2013

    Mali Consultations

    What's in Blue

    Council members will meet tomorrow morning (6 February) to discuss developments in Mali. Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, is scheduled to brief on developments on the ground as well as on progress in setting up a UN office...

  • February 2013

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    Monthly Forecast

    In February, the Council is expecting a report from the AU on the deployment and activities of the African led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA), in line with resolution 2085 of 20 December 2012.

  • Tomorrow afternoon (22 January), Council members will likely be updated by Jeffrey Feltman, head of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA), on developments in Mali, including on funding options for the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA). It is...

  • 14 January 2013

    Mali Consultations

    What's in Blue

    Council members will meet this afternoon (14 January) at France’s request to discuss developments in Mali. France is expected to brief Council members on “Opération Serval” launched Friday (11 January) in Mali and it is likely that Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General...

  • January 2013

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    Monthly Forecast

    The Council is expected to receive a briefing and hold consultations on the Secretary-General’s options for voluntary and UN-funded logistics support packages for an African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA).

  • 20 December 2012

    Adoption of a Resolution on Mali

    What's in Blue

    A draft resolution on Mali, the first version of which France circulated on 5 December, is now in blue and scheduled for adoption this afternoon. It went under silence procedure yesterday evening (19 December) following intense bilateral discussions between the...

  • 4 December 2012

    Mali Briefing and Consultations

    What's in Blue

    Tomorrow morning (5 December), the Security Council will receive a briefing from Jeffrey Feltman, head of the Department of Political Affairs, on the Secretary-General’s 29 November report on the situation in Mali (S/2012/894). The briefing is scheduled to be followed...

  • December 2012

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    Monthly Forecast

    The Council is expected to consider the Secretary-General’s report providing recommendations regarding the deployment of an international military force in Mali, including means and modalities of the envisaged deployment, in line with resolution 2071. The Secretary-General is likely to brief the Council, and representatives from the AU and ECOWAS are expected to make statements.

  • 11 October 2012

    Mali Resolution

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    The Council appears set to adopt—possibly on Friday (12 October)—a resolution on Mali expressing its readiness to support an international military force that would assist the Malian army in reasserting sovereignty over the northern half of the country, which is...

  • 3 October 2012

    Mali Consultations

    What's in Blue

    Tomorrow afternoon (4 October), the Security Council will hold consultations on Mali, enabling members to have a preliminary discussion on the possibility of the Council authorising a force led by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). (Last month,...