UN Security Council Letters

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12 April 2023 S/2023/270 This was a letter from the Security Council requesting the Secretary-General to submit recommendations on the possible role that the UN can play in dialogue initiatives with armed groups in Colombia.
11 April 2023 S/2023/277 This was a letter from the PBC chair Ambassador Ivan Šimonović (Croatia) on the countries and issues that the PBC seeks advanced copies of Secretary-General's reports during 2023, and on the PBC's Provisional programme of work for 2023.
11 April 2023 S/2023/264 This was a letter from Mali containing its comments on the quarterly report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Mali.
5 April 2023 S/2023/266 This was the summary of the IEG’s 20 February meeting on South Sudan.
23 March 2023 S/2023/148/Rev.1 This was a revised concept note for the Council's 30 March open debate on the theme “Peace and security in Africa: the impact of development policies in the implementation of the Silencing the Guns initiative”.
20 March 2023 S/2023/207 This was the summary of the IEG’s 26 January meeting on Afghanistan.
17 March 2023 S/2023/206 This was the report of the 20th annual workshop for the newly elected members of the Security Council, which was held on 17 and 18 November 2022.
15 March 2023 S/2023/168 This letter contained a concept note prepared by Mozambique ahead of the open briefing on "Strengthening Security Sector Reform and Governance".
10 March 2023 S/2023/112 This was a letter from Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs Álvaro Leyva Durán to the Security Council, in which he indicated that the Colombian government intends to request UN verification in dialogue processes with armed groups operating in the country.
3 March 2023 S/2023/173 This letter from the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission contained advice for the Council's 6 March meeting on South Sudan.
1 March 2023 S/2023/176 This was a letter from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of Lebanon.
1 March 2023 S/2023/161 This was a letter from Mali rejecting France's continued role as penholder on Mali.
27 February 2023 S/2023/148 This was the concept note for the 30 March open debate on “Peace and security in Africa: the impact of development policies in the implementation of the Silencing the Guns initiative”.
24 February 2023 S/2023/146 This was a concept note prepared by Mozambique for the open debate on “Women, Peace and Security: Towards the 25th Anniversary of Resolution 1325”.
22 February 2023 S/2023/137 This was a letter from Malta to the Secretary-General transmitting the statement that would have been delivered on behalf of the Somali Gender Equity Movement at the 22 February Security Council meeting on Somalia. According to Malta’s statement at that meeting, the “conditions were not conducive to the safe participation of a civil-society representative” to brief the Council on women, peace and security, leading Malta to circulate the statement as a document of the Security Council instead.