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Latest post: Thu 12 Dec 2024Insights on the work of the UN Security Council
Afghanistan: Vote on the Mandate of the Monitoring Team Supporting the 1988 Sanctions Committee*
Tomorrow morning (13 December), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the Monitoring Team supporting the 1988 Afghanistan Sanctions Committee, which was last renewed by resolution 2716 of 14 December 2023. The US was the penholder on the resolution.
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Tomorrow morning (13 December), the Security Council is expected to hold a meeting under the agenda item “Peace and security in Africa” to vote on a draft resolution concerning the 2713 Al-Shabaab sanctions regime. The draft text, which was authored...
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Tomorrow morning (12 December), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on Afghanistan. The expected briefers are Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Roza Otunbayeva, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian...
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Tomorrow (12 December), Security Council members will hold an Arria-formula meeting on mine action at the initiative of Japan. The expected briefers are Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix and the Permanent Representative of Cambodia to the UN, Ambassador Keo...
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Tomorrow morning (11 December), the Security Council will hold its monthly open briefing and closed consultations on Yemen. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg will brief. The new Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Thomas Fletcher, who was appointed on 9 October,...
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This afternoon (9 December), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on Syria. Russia requested the meeting to address the latest developments in Syria and their implications for the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). Following this, the UK proposed...
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Tomorrow morning (9 December), the Security Council will convene for an open 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 Democratic...
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Tomorrow morning (6 December), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the application of resolution 2664—which established a humanitarian carve-out to the asset freeze measures imposed by UN sanctions regimes—to the 1267/1989/2253 Islamic State in Iraq and the...
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Tomorrow afternoon (6 December), Guyana and Slovenia will convene an Arria-formula meeting to consider the implementation of resolution 2475 on the protection of persons with disabilities in armed conflict, which was adopted on 20 June 2019. Marking the resolution’s five-year...
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Tomorrow morning (4 December), the Security Council will hold a briefing on Ukraine. The US, December’s Council president, is convening the meeting to discuss the effects of the war on children in Ukraine. Executive Director of UNICEF Catherine Russell is...
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Tomorrow afternoon (4 December), Council members are expected to receive a briefing in closed consultations on Lebanon. France, the penholder on the file, and the US requested the consultations following the announcement on 26 November of a cessation of hostilities...
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The US is the president of the Security Council in December. Council members were unable to reach agreement on the provisional programme of work for the month, apparently due to Russia’s objection to the inclusion of Ukraine on the programme. Instead, the...
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This afternoon (25 November), Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting on the humanitarian impact of unilateral coercive measures (UCMs). The expected briefers are Alena Douhan, UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of UCMs on the enjoyment of human rights;...
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The 22nd annual workshop for incoming members of the UN Security Council, titled “Hitting the Ground Running”, will be held on 21 and 22 November on Long Island, New York. The government of Finland is convening the workshop in cooperation...
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Tomorrow morning (20 November), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution on the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, which was put forward by the Council’s ten elected members (E10). The draft text in blue...
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Tomorrow morning (20 November), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting on Myanmar. The UK, the penholder on the file and the Council’s president in November, scheduled the meeting. Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar Julie Bishop...
