What's In Blue: October 2021
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This morning (29 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum on Western Sahara (MINURSO) for another year, until 31 October 2022. The US, the penholder...
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Tomorrow (29 October), Security Council members are expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia until 31 October 2022. The UK, the penholder on Colombia, presented the draft text jointly with...
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Tomorrow (29 October), the Security Council will hold its quarterly briefing, followed by consultations, on Mali. Special Representative and head of the UN Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) El-Ghassim Wane is expected to brief. In addition, France, Kenya and...
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Tomorrow (29 October), Council members are expected to vote on a draft resolution on the protection of education in conflict. Niger and Norway (the chair of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict) co-drafted the resolution and led the...
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Tomorrow (28 October), Security Council members will hold a closed Arria-formula meeting via videoconference (VTC) on “Addressing and Countering Hate Speech and Preventing Incitement to Discrimination, Hostility, and Violence on Social Media”. The meeting is being organised by Kenya and...
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Tomorrow (28 October), the Security Council will hold a videoconference (VTC) high-level debate on cooperation between the UN and regional and sub-regional organisations, focusing on the partnership with the African Union (AU). Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will chair the meeting....
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Tomorrow (27 October), the Security Council will hold a briefing, followed by consultations, on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen is expected to brief via videoconference (VTC), while Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs...
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This afternoon (26 October), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations to discuss the situation in Sudan. The consultations were requested by the UK (the penholder on Sudan), Estonia, France, Ireland, Norway and the US. The “A3 plus one”...
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Yesterday evening (22 October), Security Council members departed for a visiting mission to Mali and Niger. France and Niger are co-leading the mission, which will take place from today (23 October) to Monday (25 October). This will be the Council’s...
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Tomorrow morning (21 October), the Security Council will hold its annual open debate on women, peace and security. The meeting will be held at ministerial level and will be chaired by Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raychelle Omamo. Secretary-General...
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Tomorrow (20 October), the Security Council will hold a ministerial-level debate on the Great Lakes region. Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raychelle Omamo will chair the meeting. The expected briefers are Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of...
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Tomorrow (19 October), the Security Council will hold its quarterly open debate 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 the Council. Two...
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On Friday (15 October), the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2600, renewing the mandate of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) for nine months, until 15 July 2022. Resolution 2600 also requests the Secretary-General to conduct an assessment of...
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On Monday (18 October), the Security Council will meet for a briefing, followed by consultations, on the Central African Republic (CAR). Special Representative for the CAR and head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic...
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On Monday (18 October), an Arria-formula meeting on “Sea-Level Rise and Implications for International Peace and Security” will be held in person in the Trusteeship Council Chamber. The meeting is being organised by Viet Nam, Ireland, Niger, Saint Vincent and...
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This afternoon (15 October), Security Council members will hold a virtual Arria-formula meeting titled “Beyond the inconvenient truths about underdevelopment in Haiti: seeking pan-African solutions/pathways and supporting national dialogue and reconciliation”. The meeting is being organised by the “A3 plus...
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Tomorrow (15 October), the Security Council will convene for its second regular briefing this year on the situation in Kosovo. Special Representative and head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Zahir Tanin is expected to brief on...
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Tomorrow (14 October), the Security Council will hold its monthly open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen. Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ramesh Rajasingham will brief. A civil society representative is...
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Tomorrow (14 October), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Colombia. Special Representative and head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia Carlos Ruiz Massieu will brief on recent developments and the Secretary-General’s latest 90-day report on the...
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Tomorrow morning (13 October), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations to discuss the situation in Western Sahara. Special Representative and head of the UN Mission for the Referendum on Western Sahara (MINURSO) Alexander Ivanko and Assistant Secretary-General for...
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Tomorrow (13 October), Security Council members will discuss the situation in Sudan/South Sudan under “any other business”. The meeting was requested by Norway, the UK (the penholder on Sudan) and the US (the penholder on South Sudan and Sudan/South Sudan)....
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Tomorrow (12 October), the Security Council will hold a high-level open debate titled “Diversity, State-building and the search for peace”, under the “Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace” agenda item. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will chair the meeting. Secretary-General António Guterres is...
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Tomorrow (8 October), an Arria-formula meeting on the situation in Belarus will be held via videoconference (VTC). The meeting is being organised by Estonia, France, Ireland, Norway, the UK, and the US, and co-sponsored by 26 non-Council member states. Estonia’s...
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Tomorrow (6 October) afternoon, the Security Council will hold an open briefing on the situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, under the agenda item “Peace and Security in Africa”. Secretary-General António Guterres is expected to brief. The meeting was...
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Tomorrow (6 October), the Security Council will hold a briefing to consider the Secretary-General’s seventh biennial report on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), which was submitted pursuant to resolution 2220 of 22 May 2015. The expected briefers are UN...
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Tomorrow (5 October), the Security Council will convene for a briefing on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the DRC and head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of...
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Kenya is the president of the Security Council in October. The Council adopted its provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (1 October). Most Council meetings are expected to be held in person this month. As one of...
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Yesterday (30 September), the Security Council voted on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) until 31 January 2022. The text, which was unanimously adopted as resolution 2599, is a technical renewal of...
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Today (1 October), Security Council members will discuss the situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia under “any other business”. The meeting was requested by Estonia, France, Ireland, Norway, the UK and the US. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency...
