Sudan
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Tomorrow morning (19 February), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Sudan. The UK, the penholder on Sudan and Council president for February, has elevated the meeting to ministerial level, with its Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth...
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Tomorrow afternoon (9 February), Security Council members are expected to hold closed consultations on Sudan. The expected briefers are Director of the Crisis Response Division at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Edem Wosornu and Assistant Executive...
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In February, the Security Council is expected to receive the regular 120-day briefing on the situation in Sudan. The UK, which holds the Council's rotating presidency for the month of February, intends to elevate the briefing to ministerial level. The Council was also scheduled to be briefed this month on the work of the 1591 Sudan Sanctions Committee. At the time of writing, however, the Committee’s Chair had not yet been appointed, as Council members continued negotiations over the allocation of subsidiary bodies for the year. In this context, the UK proposed that the 1591 Committee meet its reporting requirements through a written statement.
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This afternoon (22 December), the Security Council will hold an open briefing to discuss the situation in Sudan. The meeting was requested by Sudan in a 13 December letter citing intensified attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a Sudanese paramilitary...
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This afternoon (16 December), Security Council members will hold an informal interactive dialogue (IID) on the situation in Sudan.[1] The UK, as penholder, and Denmark are convening the meeting against the backdrop of the ongoing crisis in Sudan and the...
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Tomorrow morning (30 October), the Security Council is expected to hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Sudan. It appears that the meeting had been previously scheduled for early November, in keeping with resolution 2715 of 1 December...
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This afternoon (1 October), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on Sudan. The meeting was requested by Denmark, France, Greece, Panama, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Slovenia, and the UK (the penholder on the file) to receive an update...
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Tomorrow morning (12 September), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the 1591 Sudan sanctions regime—including targeted sanctions (asset freezes and travel bans) and an arms embargo—for another year, until 12 September 2026. The negotiations were apparently...
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In September, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution to extend the Sudan sanctions regime, which expires on 12 September. The mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 1591 Sudan Sanctions Committee expires on 12 March 2026.
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This afternoon (4 August), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on Sudan. The meeting was requested by Denmark and the UK (the penholder on the file) to receive an update on the humanitarian and political situations in the country,...
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In July, the Security Council is expected to receive the semi-annual briefing on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) activities related to the situation in Darfur. ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan is expected to brief.
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Tomorrow morning (27 June), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Sudan. The meeting is being held pursuant to resolution 2715 of 1 December 2023, which requested the Secretary-General to provide a briefing every 120 days on...
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On Monday afternoon (16 June), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on Sudan. Denmark, Slovenia, and the UK (the penholder on the file) requested the meeting to receive an update on the humanitarian situation in the country. Assistant...
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In June, the Security Council is expected to receive the regular 120-day briefing on the situation in Sudan. The Council is also expected to be briefed on the work of the 1591 Sudan Sanctions Committee.
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Tomorrow morning (19 May), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting to discuss the political, security, and humanitarian situations in Sudan. Greece, May’s Council president, scheduled the meeting following significant interest from Council members in discussing the situation in...
