Sudan/South Sudan

  • January 2013

    Sudan and South Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    In January, the Council will likely meet twice to discuss Sudan/South Sudan issues in accordance with resolution 2046. At press time, it was unclear whether there would be an outcome from these deliberations.

  • 5 December 2012

    Meetings on Sudan/South Sudan Issues

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    Tomorrow morning (6 December), the Security Council is scheduled to hold consultations on Sudan/South Sudan and on the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, is set to brief on both these issues....

  • December 2012

    Sudan/South Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    The Council will likely meet twice in December to discuss Sudan and South Sudan issues in accordance with resolution 2046. In the context of these meetings, it is expected to discuss the status of negotiations among Sudan, South Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and potential options for resolving the remaining issues separating these parties. A report from the Secretary-General on these matters was released on 26 November (S/2012/877). At press time, it was unclear whether there would be an outcome to the Council’s deliberations on Sudan and South Sudan in December.

  • 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....

  • Tomorrow morning (14 November), Council members are scheduled to hold an informal interactive dialogue via video-conference with Thabo Mbeki, chair of the AU High-Level Panel (AUHIP), and Haile Menkerios, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan and South Sudan. The...

  • November 2012

    Sudan and South Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    The Council is expected to meet twice in November on Sudan and South Sudan issues in accordance with resolution 2046. In the context of these meetings, and in keeping with its presidential statement of 31 August (S/PRST/2012/19), the Council will likely consider the 24 October report of the AU High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) and the related communiqué of the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC), which outline the status of negotiations between Sudan, South Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and offer proposals for resolving the remaining issues separating them.

  • 15 October 2012

    Sudan and South Sudan Consultations

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    Council members are scheduled to hold consultations tomorrow afternoon (16 October) on Sudan and South Sudan, with Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous expected to brief. At press time, an outcome seemed unlikely. When Council members last met in consultations...

  • 3 October 2012

    Sudan/South Sudan and Abyei Consultations

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    The Council is expected to hold consultations tomorrow (4 October) on Sudan/South Sudan and on the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, is expected to brief on both topics. At press time, no...

  • October 2012

    Sudan and South Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    In October, the Council is likely to meet twice on Sudan and South Sudan, in accordance with resolution 2046. The Council is also expected to discuss the Secretary-General’s most recent UNISFA report. The UNISFA mandate expires on 17 November.

  • 5 September 2012

    Sudan and South Sudan Consultations

    What's in Blue

    Tomorrow morning (6 September) the Council is scheduled to hold its regular fortnightly meeting (in consultations) on the situation between Sudan and South Sudan, in accordance with resolution 2046. Haile Menkerios, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Sudan and South...

  • September 2012

    Sudan and South Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    In September, the Council expects to meet twice on Sudan and South Sudan, in accordance with resolution 2046, which asks the Secretary-General to inform the Council every two weeks about the status of compliance with the resolution. During one of these meetings the Council is likely to review the Secretary-General’s report, as requested by resolution 2046, which is expected to focus on the status of negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan. Haile Menkerios, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan and South Sudan, is expected to brief in these meetings.

  • Council members are scheduled to hold their bimonthly consultations on Sudan and South Sudan tomorrow (23 August), in accordance with resolution 2046. Haile Menkerios, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan and South Sudan, is expected to brief with Edmond...

  • 8 August 2012

    Sudan/South Sudan and Abyei Meetings

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    Tomorrow morning (9 August) Council members are expecting to hold a regular fortnightly meeting to discuss Sudan and South Sudan. It seems that Thabo Mbeki, the Chair of the AU High-level Implementation Panel (AUHIP), will brief (via videoconference) along with...

  • August 2012

    Sudan and South Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    In August, the Council is likely to hold consultations twice, in accordance with resolution 2046, to discuss the situation in Sudan and South Sudan. The Council is also expected to discuss in consultations the Secretary-General’s most recent report on the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

  • 25 July 2012

    Consultations on Sudan and South Sudan

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    Tomorrow morning (26 July) the Council is scheduled to hold consultations in accordance with resolution 2046, adopted 2 May 2012, which requested the Council be kept informed at two week intervals on the status of compliance of Sudan and South...