What's In Blue: March 2024
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This afternoon (28 March), the Security Council may convene for a briefing under the “Maintenance of international peace and security” agenda item. Russia requested the meeting to mark the 25th anniversary of the aerial bombing campaign carried out by the...
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Tomorrow morning (27 March), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including the work of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO). Special...
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This afternoon (26 March), Chair of the 1540 Committee, Ambassador José Javier De La Gasca (Ecuador), will provide the Council the annual update on the Committee’s work. Adopted on 28 April 2004, resolution 1540 aims to prevent non-state actors from...
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This morning (26 March), the Security Council will convene for its regular monthly open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland...
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Tomorrow afternoon (25 March), the Security Council may convene for a briefing under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item. Russia requested the meeting to mark the 25th anniversary of the aerial bombing campaign carried out by the...
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Tomorrow morning (28 March), the Security Council is scheduled to vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 1718 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee. The vote was originally scheduled for...
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This morning (22 March), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution on the war between Israel and Hamas. The draft text, which was authored by the US, “determines the imperative of an immediate and sustained ceasefire...
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Tomorrow morning (22 March), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item. Russia requested the meeting to discuss the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs...
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Tomorrow morning (20 March), the Security Council will hold a briefing on food insecurity in Sudan under the “Protection of civilians in armed conflict” agenda item. Briefings are expected from OCHA Director of Operations and Advocacy Edem Wosornu, Food and...
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This afternoon (18 March), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting on Haiti. Ecuador and the US, the penholders on the file, requested the meeting to receive an update on the 11 March agreement on a transitional governance arrangement...
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Tomorrow afternoon (15 March), the Security Council will convene for a briefing on the situation in Ukraine. The meeting was requested by Ukraine, supported by Slovenia, to discuss the presidential elections that Russia is organising between 15 and 17 March in...
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Tomorrow afternoon (15 March), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for another year, until 17 March 2025. Japan, the penholder on the file, circulated...
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Tomorrow morning (14 March), the Security Council is expected to hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and OCHA Director of Operations and Advocacy Edem Wosornu are expected to brief....
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Tomorrow morning (14 March), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until 30 April. The draft text was authored by the US, the penholder on...
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Tomorrow (13 March), the Security Council will hold an open debate on “Promoting Conflict Prevention – Empowering All Actors Including Women and Youth” under the “Peacebuilding and sustaining peace” agenda item. Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo and...
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Tomorrow afternoon (12 March), Switzerland will convene a Security Council Arria-formula meeting on leveraging the synergies between the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) framework. President of...
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Mr. President, Thank you for inviting Security Council Report to address this open debate on working methods. SCR extends our appreciation to Japan as Council President and as the Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural...
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Tomorrow afternoon (11 March), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten is expected to brief....
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Tomorrow (11 March), the Security Council will convene for its annual open debate on its working methods. The meeting will be held under the agenda item “Implementation of the Note by the President of the Security Council (S/2017/507)”, referring to...
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This afternoon (8 March), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Sudan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which starts on 10 March. The draft text was...
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This afternoon (8 March), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 1591 Sudan Sanctions Committee for another year, until 12 March 2025. The vote on the draft resolution...
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Tomorrow morning (7 March), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the Secretary-General’s report (S/2024/204) on “UN efforts to support Sudan on its path towards peace and stability”, submitted in accordance with resolution 2715...
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This morning (6 March), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on Afghanistan. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Roza Otunbayeva is expected to provide an update on political,...
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Tomorrow afternoon (6 March), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting on Haiti. Ecuador and the US, the penholders on Haiti, requested the meeting to discuss the most recent escalation of gang violence in the country. An official...
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Tomorrow morning (5 March), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the situation in South Sudan and the Secretary-General’s most recent 90-day report on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), which was...
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Japan is the president of the Security Council in March. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (1 March). As one of the signature events of its presidency, Japan will organise an open debate...
