What's In Blue: June 2021
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Tomorrow (30 June), the Security Council will convene in person for its semi-annual briefing on the implementation of resolution 2231, which in 2015 endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran’s nuclear programme (JCPOA). Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding...
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This afternoon (29 June), the Security Council will hold a briefing followed by consultations on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) at the request of Russia. Officer-in-Charge of the Europe and Central Asia Division of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs...
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Tomorrow (29 June), Security Council members will vote in person on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) for one year. France, the penholder on Mali, shared an initial draft text...
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Tomorrow afternoon (29 June), the Security Council will vote on a draft resolution renewing the 1533 Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sanctions regime, which expires on 1 July. As is traditionally the case, the mandate of the Group of...
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On Monday (28 June), the Security Council will hold its annual open debate on children and armed conflict via videoconference (VTC). Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid will chair the meeting and several Council members are expected to be represented at ministerial...
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Tomorrow (24 June), the Security Council will hold its monthly meeting on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question”. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland is expected to brief. Consultations are scheduled to...
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Tomorrow (23 June), the Security Council will hold its monthly meeting on the humanitarian situation in Syria. Secretary-General António Guterres is expected to brief via videoconference (VTC). Ramesh Rajasingham, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator will also...
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Tomorrow (23 June), the Security Council will convene in person for an open briefing on the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and the Secretary-General’s most recent report (S/2021/571) on the Central African Republic (CAR)....
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Tomorrow (22 June), the Security Council will hold its quarterly meeting on Afghanistan via videoconference (VTC). The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia, Eva-Maria Liimets, is expected to chair the debate. Deborah Lyons, the Special Representative of...
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On Monday (21 June), the Security Council will convene in person for an open briefing on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Secretary-General’s most recent 90-day report on South Sudan (S/2021/566). Special Representative and head of UNMISS...
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Tomorrow afternoon (18 June), Security Council members will hold an Arria-formula meeting via videoconference (VTC) on the impact on the Sahel region of the departure of foreign fighters and mercenaries from Libya. The meeting will be co-hosted by the “A3...
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Tomorrow (18 June), the Security Council will convene in person for a private meeting on Myanmar. The expected briefers are Special Envoy for Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener and Dato Erywan bin Pehin Yusof, Second Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei...
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Tomorrow afternoon (17 June), the Security Council is expected to convene in person for an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH). Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of BINUH Helen La...
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Mr. President, Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen— It is a privilege for Security Council Report to be invited to brief the Security Council. SCR’s aim is to contribute, in an informed and impartial manner, to the Council’s effectiveness, transparency...
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Tomorrow (16 June), Security Council members will hold a virtual Arria-formula meeting on “the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international efforts to prevent and counter terrorism and violent extremism”. The meeting is being organised by Tunisia in cooperation with...
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Tomorrow (16 June), the Security Council will hold its annual open debate on its working methods. The meeting will be conducted under the agenda item “Implementation of the note by the President of the Security Council (S/2017/507)”, referring to the...
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Tomorrow (15 June), Security Council members will discuss the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) under “any other business”. The meeting was initiated by France, the penholder on the DRC, upon request by the “A3 plus...
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Tomorrow (15 June), Security Council members will hold an in-person informal interactive dialogue (IID) on the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Ireland requested the meeting. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock and WFP Executive Director David Beasley...
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Tomorrow (15 June), the Security Council will hold its monthly briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen. Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock are expected to brief. (Griffiths and Lowcock are likely to...
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On Monday (14 June), the Security Council is expected to hold its quarterly briefing, followed by consultations, on Mali. Special Representative and head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) El-Ghassim Wane will brief. Fatima Maiga, president...
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Tomorrow (11 June), the 75th session of the UN General Assembly is scheduled to hold elections for the five non-permanent members of the Security Council for the term 2022-2023. The five seats available for election in 2021, according to the regular...
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Tomorrow (9 June), the Security Council will convene in person to receive the semi-annual briefing of the ICC Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, related to the Court’s work on Darfur. Bensouda, who will participate via videoconference, will provide her final briefing to...
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Tomorrow (8 June) morning, the Security Council will convene in person for a private session to discuss its recommendation to the General Assembly on the appointment of the Secretary-General. (Article 97 of the UN Charter states that the Secretary-General is...
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Tomorrow (3 June), the Security Council is expected to vote in person on a draft resolution renewing for one year the authorisation for member states, acting nationally or through regional organisations, to inspect vessels on the high seas off the...
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Tomorrow (3 June) afternoon, the Security Council will convene in person for a briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen. The meeting will focus on the FSO Safer—the oil tanker moored off the coast of Hodeidah governorate in the Red...
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Tomorrow (3 June), Security Council members will hold an in-person briefing on the use of chemical weapons in Syria, with Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Director-General Fernando Arias expected to brief via videoconference (VTC) and High Representative...
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Tomorrow (3 June) morning, the Security Council is expected to vote in person on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) for one year, until 3 June 2022. The UK, the...
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Estonia is the president of the Security Council in June. The Council adopted its provisional programme of work for the month today (1 June). It is expected to hold in-person meetings this month, although high-level meetings will likely continue to...
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Tomorrow afternoon (2 June), Security Council members will hold an Arria-formula meeting on “strengthening an integrated approach to peace and security in the Sahel through a gendered lens”. The Group of Friends of Women of the Sahel will be launched...
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Tomorrow morning (2 June), Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting via videoconference (VTC) on the situation in Ukraine titled “The circumstances of Maidan and its after-effects in Donbas”. The expected briefers are Mykola Azarov, former Prime Minister of Ukraine; Oleg...
