What's In Blue
Latest post: Fri 9 Dec 2022Insights on the work of the UN Security Council
Sanctions: Vote on Resolution Establishing a Standing Humanitarian Carve-out to UN Sanctions Regimes
Today (9 December), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution establishing a “humanitarian carve-out” to the asset freeze measures imposed by UN sanctions regimes. (The carve-out is also referred to as a standing humanitarian exception or exemption.) The draft resolution is open to all UN member states for co-sponsorship.
Ireland and the US, the co-penholders on the resolution, circulated the first draft of the resolution to all Council members on 2 November. Several rounds of negotiations were held, and members also submitted written comments. The penholders put the third version of the draft under silence until 12 pm on 6 December; silence was broken by China and Russia. After making additional revisions, a fourth draft was then put in blue on 8 December without an additional silence procedure.
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Tomorrow (9 December), following the briefing and closed consultations on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Security Council members will discuss the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) under “any other business”, a standing...
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Tomorrow morning (9 December), the Security Council will convene for a briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including the work of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) and the...
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Tomorrow (6 December), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on the situation in Ukraine. The meeting, which was requested by France and Mexico, will focus on the humanitarian situation and the effects of the war on children. Under-Secretary-General...
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On Monday (5 December), the Security Council will convene for a briefing on the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes committed by ISIL/Da’esh (UNITAD). Special Adviser and Head of UNITAD Christian Ritscher is expected to brief. UNITAD was...
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India is the president of the Security Council in December. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (1 December). India has chosen to convene two signature events during its presidency. The first will be...
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This morning (30 November), the Security Council voted on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the 1540 Committee and its Group of Experts for ten years, until 30 November 2032. The draft text was adopted unanimously as resolution 2663....
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Tomorrow (29 November) at 3 pm EST, there will be an Arria-formula meeting on “Climate, Peace and Security: Opportunities for the UN Peace and Security Architecture”. The meeting, which will take place in the Trusteeship Council chamber, is open to...
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Tomorrow morning (28 November), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on: “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland is the...
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Tomorrow (23 November), the Security Council is scheduled to receive its annual briefing from the chairs of its counter-terrorism-related committees: Ambassador Trine Heimerback (Norway), the chair of the 1267/1989/2253 Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda Sanctions...
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This afternoon (22 November), following the briefing and closed consultations on Yemen, Security Council members will discuss recent Iranian strikes in Iraq under “any other business”. The meeting was requested by France, the UK, and the US. No briefer is...
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Tomorrow afternoon (22 November), the Security Council will hold its monthly briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen. Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and OCHA Director of Operations and Advocacy Reena Ghelani are expected to brief. Major General Michael Beary,...
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Tomorrow morning (22 November), the Security Council will hold a briefing on piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations (DPPA-DPO) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee will present the...
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This afternoon (21 November), Security Council members are expected to hold an informal interactive dialogue (IID) on Syria. (IIDs are informal closed meetings which allow for the participation of non-Council members. There are no meeting records of IIDs and they are...
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Tomorrow morning (21 November), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo is expected to brief. Albania, France, Ireland, Norway, the UK, and...
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Tomorrow morning (21 November), Security Council members will hold closed consultations on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). France (the penholder on the DRC), the UK and the US requested the meeting to discuss the deterioration of the security...
