September 2024 Monthly Forecast

• Overview 

  In September, Slovenia will hold the presidency of the Security Council.  Read more

• In Hindsight: The Security Council and Regional Arrangements

  The contours of the relationship between the UN Security Council and “regional arrangements and agencies” have long been the subject of debate.This debate has assumed renewed significance following the publication of A New Agenda for Peace, a July 2023 policy brief that sets out UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ vision for an effective multilateral security system. The brief argues that robust regional frameworks and organisations that have strong partnerships with the UN are necessary for managing growing competition among member states and the increasingly transnational threats facing the international community. Read more

• Status Update since our August Forecast 

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

• Leadership for Peace

  In September, Slovenia plans to convene a high-level open debate on “Leadership for peace” under the “Maintenance of international peace and security” agenda item. Robert Golob, the Prime Minister of Slovenia, is expected to chair the meeting, which is the signature event of his country’s Council presidency. UN Secretary General António Guterres is expected to brief. The meeting is designed to generate ideas for addressing some of the most intractable peace and security challenges facing the Council, including Ukraine, Gaza, and Sudan, among others. Read more

• Haiti

  In September, the Security Council may renew the authorisation of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti, which resolution 2699 of 2 October 2023 authorised for an initial period of 12 months to help Haitian authorities re-establish security in the country and build conditions conducive to holding free and fair elections. Read more

• UN Peacekeeping 

  In September, the Security Council will hold an open debate on peacekeeping reform pursuant to resolution 2378 of 20 September 2017. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix is the anticipated briefer.   Read more

• Sudan

  In September, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution to extend the Sudan sanctions regime (targeted sanctions and the arms embargo), which expires on 12 September. The mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 1591 Sudan Sanctions Committee expires on 12 March 2025. Ambassador Joonkook Hwang (the Republic of Korea), the chair of the 1591 Sudan Sanctions Committee, is expected to brief the Council on the committee’s work. Read more

• Yemen

  In September, the Security Council is expected to hold its monthly briefing and consultations on Yemen. Read more

• Syria

  In September, the Council expects to hold two meetings on Syria: one on the political and humanitarian issues and another on the chemical weapons track. Read more

• Afghanistan

  In September, the Security Council will convene for its quarterly open briefing on Afghanistan. Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Roza Otunbayeva and UN Women Executive Director Sima Sami Bahous are expected to brief. A civil society representative may brief as well. Closed consultations are scheduled to follow the briefing. Read more

• Libya*

  In September, the Security Council is expected to renew the authorisation for member states, acting nationally or through regional organisations, to inspect and seize vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya that they have reasonable grounds to suspect are being used for migrant smuggling or human trafficking from Libya. Read more

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

  In September, the Security Council will hold a briefing and consultations on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The anticipated briefer is Bintou Keita, the Special Representative and Head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO). Read more