What's In Blue: October 2023
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Tomorrow morning (31 October), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on the situation in Ukraine. The meeting was requested by Ecuador and France, the co-penholders on humanitarian issues in Ukraine. OCHA’s Director of the Coordination Division Ramesh Rajasingham...
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This afternoon (30 October), Security Council members are expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia for another year, until 31 October 2024. The negotiations on the draft text in blue...
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Tomorrow afternoon (30 October), Security Council members will convene for an emergency open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), later joined by China, requested the meeting to discuss the...
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On Tuesday morning (31 October)*, before the briefing on Ukraine, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) for one year, until 31 October 2024. It seems that...
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On Monday afternoon (30 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 another year, until 31 October 2024. Ahead of the negotiations on...
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On Monday morning (30 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for one year, until 31 October 2024. The draft text in blue maintains UNSMIL’s...
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On Tuesday morning* (31 October), following the briefing on Ukraine, the Security Council will convene for a briefing by UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi under the agenda item “Briefing by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees”. Grandi...
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Tomorrow afternoon (27 October), following the Security Council briefing on Ukraine under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item, there will be an Arria-formula meeting on “violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law...
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Tomorrow morning (26 October), the Security Council will hold an open briefing and closed consultations on the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR). The anticipated briefer is Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the CAR and head of the UN Multidimensional...
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This afternoon (25 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on two draft resolutions on the recent escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza and the ensuing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. (For background, see our 7, 12, 16, and 23 October...
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Tomorrow (25 October), the Security Council will hold its annual open debate on women, peace and security (WPS), which this year is titled “Women’s participation in international peace and security: from theory to practice”. One of the signature events of...
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Tomorrow (24 October), the Security Council will hold its quarterly open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mauro Vieira will chair the meeting. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Special Coordinator...
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Tomorrow afternoon (23 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) Caroline Ziadeh is expected to brief on...
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On Monday morning (23 October), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Haiti. Special Representative and head of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) María Isabel Salvador is expected to brief on recent...
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Tomorrow (20 October), the Security Council will hold an open debate on “Contributions of regional mechanisms for peace and security” under the “Maintenance of international peace and security” agenda item. One of the signature events of Brazil’s October presidency of...
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Today (19 October), after the closed consultations on Somalia, Security Council members will hold a meeting on Mali under “any other business”. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support Atul Khare will update members on the...
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Tomorrow morning (19 October), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the situation in Somalia. The expected briefers are Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and head of the UN Assistance Mission...
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Tomorrow morning (19 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing for one year the sanctions regime on Haiti, which includes an arms embargo and targeted assets freeze and travel ban measures. The draft text...
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Tomorrow morning (19 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the Panel of Experts (PoE) of the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee and the authorisation of measures contained in resolution 2146 of...
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Tomorrow afternoon (18 October), Security Council members will hold an open Arria-formula meeting on “Preventing and Responding to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence”. The meeting is being organised by Albania, the UK, and the US. Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of...
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Today (16 October) at 6 pm EST, the Security Council is expected to vote on two draft resolutions on the recent escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza and the ensuing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. One draft was authored by...
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Tomorrow morning (17 October), the Security Council will hold a briefing and consultations on the Great Lakes region. Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region Huang Xia will brief on the Secretary-General’s latest semi-annual report on the implementation of...
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On Monday morning (16 October), the Security Council is expected to adopt a presidential statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). France, the penholder on the file, proposed the draft text following the 28 September Security Council meeting...
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Tomorrow afternoon (13 October), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Brazil (October’s Council President), later joined by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), called for the meeting. According...
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Tomorrow morning (13 October), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on Ukraine under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item. Russia requested the meeting to discuss the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine. Deputy to the...
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This afternoon (12 October), Security Council members will hold their monthly briefing on Yemen in closed consultations. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg; the Director of OCHA’s Operations and Advocacy Division, Edem Wosornu; and the head of the UN...
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This afternoon (11 October), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, 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...
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On Friday (6 October), Security Council members held their 17th annual joint consultative meeting with members of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Members of the respective bodies adopted a joint communiqué at the...
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Tomorrow morning (10 October), the Security Council will convene for a briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). Special Representative and head of UNAMI Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert is expected to brief on recent developments in Iraq and...
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Tomorrow afternoon (8 October), Security Council members will convene for emergency closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Malta, joined later by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), requested the meeting to discuss the recent...
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Yesterday afternoon (5 October), Security Council members held their eighth informal joint seminar with the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC). The informal seminars have been organised since 2016 to encourage greater interaction between the two bodies. Earlier in...
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Council members arrived this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for their 17th annual joint consultative meeting with the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC), which will be held on Friday (6 October). This meeting will be preceded tomorrow (5...
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Brazil is the president of the Security Council in October. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (2 October). In the two preceding months, the Council had been unable to agree on its provisional...
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This afternoon (2 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution authorising member states to form and deploy a Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti to help re-establish security in the country and build conditions...
