South Sudan
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The Council expects to hold a briefing and consultations on the Secretary-General’s most recent report on the situation in South Sudan and the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). No outcome is expected at press time. The mandate of UNMISS expires on 15 July 2013.
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Tomorrow morning (28 November), the Security Council is scheduled to hold a briefing followed by consultations on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Council members are also scheduled to discuss in consultations the situation between Sudan and South Sudan....
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In November, the Council will likely hold a briefing and consultations to consider the Secretary-General’s report on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), expected to be released in early November. At press time, no outcome was anticipated.
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Tomorrow (3 July), Council members are scheduled to meet in consultations to discuss the Secretary-General’s 26 June report (S/2012/486) on the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS). Hilde Johnson, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for UNMISS, is...
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The Council will likely hold consultations twice during July on the situation between Sudan and South Sudan in accordance with resolution 2046.
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Council members are scheduled to hold consultations tomorrow morning (15 March) on the Secretary-General’s recent report on South Sudan (S/2012/140). Hilde Johnson, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on South Sudan and Head of the UN Mission in South Sudan...
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The Council is expected to hold a briefing and consultations in March on the Secretary-General's most recent report on the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS). It appears that Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous and/or Hilde Johnson, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of UNMISS, will brief. At press time, no formal outcome was anticipated.
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The Council’s engagement with Sudan and South Sudan issues continues tomorrow (10 February) during consultations. During tomorrow’s sanctions consultations, it seems that Council members will discuss the final report of the Sudan sanctions committee’s panel of experts. During the South...
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Council members will hold consultations on Monday (30 January) on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), with Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous set to brief. It seems the consultations will focus on the force level of the mission....
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Following consultations on South Sudan yesterday (5 January), it seems that Council members are negotiating a press statement, circulated by the US, addressing the recent inter-communal violence in Jonglei state in South Sudan. At press time it was unclear when...
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Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, is set to brief the Council tomorrow morning, Thursday 5 January, in consultations on the recent violence in Jonglei, the largest state in South Sudan. Council members remain concerned about the ongoing inter-communal violence...
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In January, the Council may review the force level of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). At press time, whether and in what format the Council would discuss this issue in January remained unclear. A resolution would be required if the Council were to reduce the mandated force level to 6,000 military personnel.
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The Council expects to receive a briefing and hold consultations in December on the most recent report of the Secretary-General on the UN Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA), which was due on 27 November but had not been officially released at press time. Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, is expected to brief the Council. It is also possible that Lt. General Tadesse Werede Tesfay, the UNISFA Force Commander, will brief as well via videoconferencing. The Council is likely to renew the mandate of UNISFA, which expires on 27 December.
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Council members are currently negotiating a presidential statement on Sudan circulated by the US last Friday. Apparently the impetus for the draft presidential statement was the bombings in Upper Nile and Unity states which had taken place earlier in the...
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Council members will be briefed tomorrow (15 November), on the Secretary-General’s latest report on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) by Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. Hilde Johnson, Head of UNMISS, is also expected to brief from Juba...
