What's In Blue: May 2024
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Tomorrow afternoon (31 May)*, the Security Council is expected to vote 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 coast...
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Tomorrow morning (31 May), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) for a final 19-month period until 31 December 2025. The US, the penholder on Iraq, presented...
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Tomorrow morning (31 May), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific Mohamed Khaled Khiari is expected to brief. France, Japan,...
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Tomorrow morning (30 May), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing until 31 May 2025 sanctions on South Sudan—including targeted sanctions (assets freezes and travel bans) and an arms embargo—and renewing the mandate of the Panel...
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Tomorrow afternoon (30 May), 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 is expected to provide an overview...
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Tomorrow morning (29 May), the Security Council will hold an 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 is the expected...
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Tomorrow afternoon (29 May), the UK will convene an Arria-formula meeting on Myanmar. Director of UNICEF’s Office of Emergency Programmes Lucia Elmi is expected to brief. The meeting will begin at 3 pm EST and take place in the Trusteeship...
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On Tuesday (28 May), the Security Council will hold a debate titled “Maintenance of international peace and security: the role of women and young people”. One of the signature events of Mozambique’s May presidency, the meeting will be chaired by...
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Tomorrow morning (24 May), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting to discuss the situation in Sudan. Mozambique, May’s Council president, scheduled the meeting following bilateral consultations with Council members and the parties concerned. Assistant Secretary-General for Africa...
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Tomorrow morning (24 May), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution prepared by Switzerland on the protection of humanitarian and UN personnel. The draft text is open for co-sponsorship by the wider UN membership. Background Over...
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Tomorrow morning (24 May), the Security Council is expected to adopt a presidential statement on West Africa and the Sahel. This will be the Council’s first presidential statement on the region since August 2021, as negotiations on a text, which...
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Tomorrow (23 May), Mozambique will convene an open debate on strengthening the role of African states in addressing global security and development challenges as a signature event of its May Council presidency. Briefings are expected from UN Secretary-General António Guterres,...
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Tomorrow (21 May), the Security Council will hold its annual open debate on the protection of civilians (PoC) in armed conflict. Mozambique, the Council president for May, is convening the meeting as one of its signature events. The expected briefers are Assistant...
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This afternoon (20 May), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. The meeting will take place after the vote on a draft resolution on the prevention of an...
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On Monday afternoon (20 May), the Security Council is scheduled to vote on a draft resolution on the prevention of an arms race in outer space (PAROS) and outer space security, which was prepared by Russia. The draft text is...
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Tomorrow (17 May), Switzerland will convene a Security Council Arria-formula meeting on “Unlocking the Potential of Science for Peace and Security”. Thomas Gürber, State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, is expected to deliver...
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This afternoon (16 May), the US will convene a Security Council Arria-formula meeting titled “Condemning Hostage-Taking in Israel on October 7 as a Psychological Tool of Terrorism”. The meeting is being co-sponsored by Council members Ecuador, France, Japan, Malta, the...
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Tomorrow morning (16 May), the Security Council is expected to adopt its annual report to the General Assembly, covering the period from 1 January to 31 December 2023. Under Article 24(3) of the UN Charter, the Security Council must submit...
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Tomorrow morning (16 May), the Security Council will convene for an open 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 the Secretary-General’s latest reports...
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Tomorrow morning (15 May), the Security Council will hold its semi-annual debate on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). High Representative for BiH Christian Schmidt is scheduled to brief on the latest report of the Office of the High Representative (OHR), which covers...
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Tomorrow afternoon (15 May), Security Council members will hold closed consultations on the Group of Five for the Sahel Joint Force (FC-G5S). Alexandre Zouev, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, Department of Peace Operations (DPO), is expected...
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Tomorrow afternoon (14 May), 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 for Financing and Partnerships, Lisa Doughten, and Director...
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This afternoon (9 May), Security Council members will hold closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. It seems that Russia requested the meeting to discuss a possible role for the UN Truce Supervision Organization...
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Tomorrow afternoon (7 May), Security Council members will hold closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Algeria requested the meeting to discuss the discovery of mass graves in the vicinity of two hospitals in...
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Mozambique is the president of the Security Council in May. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (1 May). As one of the signature events of its presidency, Mozambique will convene an open debate...
