October 2015 Monthly Forecast

Overview

Spain will hold the Council’s presidency in October. Three open debates are planned. The open debate on women, peace and security will be presided over by the country’s Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, and two civil society representatives expected to brief. The annual open debate on the Council’s working methods is planned in October, and President of the General Assembly Mogens Lykketoft is invited to brief. There will also be the quarterly open debate on the Middle East, with Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman briefing.

The Council will hold a debate on Haiti preceded by a briefing by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Sandra Honoré.

Briefings, followed by consultations, are expected on:

Briefings in consultations are planned on:

Formal sessions will be held to adopt resolutions to:

Throughout the month, members will be following closely developments in Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, South Sudan and Ukraine, and additional meetings may be scheduled.

General Assembly is scheduled to elect five non-permanent Security Council members on 15 October.

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