What's In Blue: July 2022
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This afternoon (29 July) at 2 pm EST, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the sanctions measures on the Central African Republic (CAR) until 31 July 2023 and the mandate of the Panel of...
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Tomorrow morning (29 July), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on the situation in Ukraine. Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo is expected to brief. Ukraine will participate under rule 37 of the Council’s provisional...
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This afternoon (28 July), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for a period of three months, until 31 October. The draft text in blue...
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Tomorrow (28 July), the Security Council is scheduled to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for another six months, until 31 January 2023. The UK, the penholder on Cyprus, circulated a first...
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This afternoon (27 July) at 3 pm EST, Ghana will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “Collective security through equitable burden sharing: strengthening regional arrangements for the maintenance of international peace and security”. The meeting, which will take place in the...
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On Wednesday (27 July), the Security Council will hold a briefing on the annual report of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), which covers the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021. Ambassador Osama Abdelkhalek (Egypt), who served as PBC chair...
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This afternoon (26 July), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the 20 July attack in the Duhok governorate of the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The meeting was requested by the United Arab...
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Tomorrow (26 July), the Security Council will hold its quarterly open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for...
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Tomorrow (19 July), the Security Council will hold its annual open debate on children and armed conflict. Brazilian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Fernando Simas Magalhães is expected to chair the meeting. Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba...
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This afternoon (15 July) at 5:00 pm EST, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) for another year, until 15 July 2023. The negotiations were...
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Tomorrow (15 July) at 3 pm EST, there will be a Security Council Arria-formula meeting on “The destruction of cultural heritage as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine”. The meeting—which was initiated by Albania and Poland, in cooperation...
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Tomorrow (14 July), there will be two meetings on Colombia. In the morning, the Council will hold its regular quarterly meeting on the situation in Colombia. In the afternoon, Council members will convene for an open Arria-formula meeting (an informal...
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Tomorrow (13 July), the Security Council is expected to renew the mandate of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) for one year, until 14 July 2023. The UK, the penholder on Yemen, circulated the draft resolution last...
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Tomorrow (12 July) at 9 am EST, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution reauthorising cross-border humanitarian aid deliveries through the Bab al-Hawa crossing on the Syrian-Turkish border for an additional six months, until 10 January...
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Tomorrow (July 12), the Security Council will hold a high-level open debate on strategic communications in UN peacekeeping operations. Brazilian Foreign Minister Carlos Alberto Franco França is expected to chair the meeting. Secretary-General António Guterres will deliver remarks. The expected...
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On Monday (11 July) at 3 pm EST, Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “Neo-Nazism and radical nationalism: exploring root causes of the crisis in Ukraine”. At the time of writing, the briefers had yet to be announced. The...
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Tomorrow (7 July), the Security Council will hold a briefing and consultations on West Africa and the Sahel. Special Representative and head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) Mahamat Saleh Annadif will brief. The Chair...
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Brazil is the president of the Security Council in July. The Council adopted its provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (1 July). Brazil has chosen to organise two signature events this month. It will convene a ministerial-level...
