Monthly Forecasts
Security Council Report's principal publication providing objective and analytical monthly reporting on the Security Council's current and prospective programme of work.
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In November, Costa Rica will have the presidency of the Council and Ambassador Jorge Urbina will be introducing the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly on 13 November. A key feature for the Council in the...
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China will have Security Council presidency in October. The election of five new members of the Council for the 2009-10 terms will be held on 17 October in the General Assembly. Two new members from WEOG need to be elected...
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Burkina Faso will hold the Council’s September presidency. This is always a busy month at the UN, but most activities revolve around the General Assembly’s annual debate, due to start this year on the 23rd. Several meetings on issues related...
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In August, Belgium will have the presidency of the Council. An open thematic debate on Council Working Methods is expected in late August. It responds to a request by the S5 group (Costa Rica, Liechtenstein, Jordan, Singapore and Switzerland) that...
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In July Vietnam will have the presidency of the Council. An open thematic debate on Children and Armed Conflict is expected in mid-July. It will consider the report of the Council’s Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict and related...
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In June, the US will have the presidency of the Council. At time of writing, no agreement on any thematic meeting of the Council had been reached. However, it seems that the possibility of a topic related to violence against...
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In May the UK will have the presidency of the Council. There are no mandates up for renewal during the month. Four important thematic public Council meetings are expected: On 6 May, an open debate on Counter-Terrorism, following briefings by...
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In April South Africa will have the Presidency of the Council. The combination of a large number of scheduled items for consideration and ongoing unresolved issues seems likely to make April an extremely busy month. An important open thematic debate...
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Russia will hold the Council’s Presidency in March. Counter-terrorism will be an important thematic issue. The Council is due to renew the mandate of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) and to approve its new organisational plan. A debate is...
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In February, Panama will have the presidency of the Council. A major focus will be increasing the number of Council meetings opened to participation from the wider UN membership. An important thematic debate is scheduled for 12 February on Children...
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In January Libya will have the presidency of the Council. For a newly elected Council member, assuming the presidency in its first month is a huge burden. However, Libya seems to have made a big effort to prepare and they...
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In December Italy will have the presidency of the Council. The newly elected Council members Burkina Faso, Croatia, Costa Rica, Libya and Vietnam will attend informal consultations and meetings of the subsidiary bodies as guest observers in preparation for taking...
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In November Indonesia will have the presidency of the Council. It seems that the Council may have four major open debates in November: in early November an open thematic debate on Cooperation between the Council and Regional Organisations appears possible;...
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In October Ghana will have the presidency of the Council. It seems that Ghana will highlight the issue of Women, Peace and Security as a thematic issue during its presidency. The month will begin with an Arria style meeting focused on this...
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In September France will have the presidency of the Council. For most UN members the main focus in September is the General Debate which marks the opening of the General Assembly. As always, a very large cast of high-level delegations...