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Statement by Shamala Kandiah Thompson, Executive Director, Security Council Report at the Security Council Open Debate on Working Methods
Mr President, excellencies, distinguished delegates, co-chairs of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and other Procedural Questions, my co-briefer, Loraine Sievers, colleagues in SCAD, ladies and gentlemen.
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Tomorrow afternoon (14 November), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the 2140 Yemen sanctions regime—comprising targeted financial and travel ban measures—for another year, until 14 November 2026. (The targeted arms embargo on the Houthi...
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Tomorrow (14 November), the Security Council will convene for its annual open debate on working methods. The meeting will be held under the agenda item “Implementation of the note by the President of the Security Council (S/2024/507)”, referring to the...
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This afternoon at 5 pm (14 November)*, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) for another year, until 15 November 2026. (Abyei is a...
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Tomorrow afternoon (13 November), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) for another year, until 15 November 2026. The mandate renewal negotiations,...
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Tomorrow morning at 10am (13 November), Security Council members will hold their monthly meeting on Yemen in closed consultations. The anticipated briefers are UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya. The monthly...
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On Tuesday morning (11 November), the Security Council will hold an open briefing and closed consultations on the situation in South Sudan and the work of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix is expected to...
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Tomorrow afternoon (6 November), the Security Council will vote on a draft resolution removing interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and interim Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab from the 1267/1989/2253 Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions...
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The 23rd annual workshop for incoming members of the UN Security Council, titled “Hitting the Ground Running”, will be held on 6 and 7 November on Long Island, New York. The government of Finland is convening the workshop in cooperation...
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NOVEMBER 2005-NOVEMBER 2025: 20 YEARS of SCR Our November 2005 Monthly Forecast launched SCR twenty years ago. Since then, we have published 240 Monthly Forecasts and expanded our products to include daily reporting through What’s in Blue, in-depth research reports...
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Sierra Leone is the president of the Security Council in November. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (3 November). Sierra Leone has chosen to organise two signature events during its presidency. The first...
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This afternoon (31 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for another year, until 31 October 2026. The draft text in blue maintains UNSMIL’s...
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This afternoon (31 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for one year, until 31 October 2026. The draft resolution in blue calls...
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Tomorrow afternoon (31 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia for another year, until 31 October 2026. The negotiations on this year’s mandate renewal were the most...
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Tomorrow morning (31 October), the Security Council will hold its semi-annual debate on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Council members are also expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the authorisation of the European Union (EU)-led multinational stabilisation force (EUFOR...
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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...
