September 2015 Monthly Forecast

Overview

Russia will hold the Council presidency in September. A ministerial-level open debate on the settlement of conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa and countering the terrorist threat in the region is planned, with Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov presiding and a briefing by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The quarterly debate on Afghanistan with a briefing by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom, is also scheduled for September.

A briefing is expected on the work of the 1737 Iran Sanctions Committee by its chair, Ambassador Román Oyarzun (Spain).

Briefings, followed by consultations, are expected on:

Briefings in consultations are planned on:

Formal sessions will be held to adopt resolutions to renew the mandates of:

Several high-level meetings on issues of direct concern to the Security Council, including Syria, Mali, peacekeeping and the use of the veto are expected to be held in the margins of the general debate of the General Assembly.

Throughout the month members will be following closely developments in Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Mali, South Sudan and Ukraine, and additional meetings may be scheduled. 

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