What's In Blue: August 2024
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At Switzerland’s invitation, members of the Security Council visited Geneva on 25 and 26 August to mark the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. (For background information, see our 25 August What’s in Blue story.) On the second day of the informal...
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At Switzerland’s invitation, members of the Security Council visited Geneva on 25 and 26 August to mark the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. (For background information, see our 25 August What’s in Blue story.) The informal visit of...
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This afternoon (29 August), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Switzerland and the UK called for the meeting in light of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza...
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This morning (28 August), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending “the present mandate” of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for one year, until 31 August 2025. UNIFIL was most recently renewed through...
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Tomorrow morning (28 August), the Security Council will hold a briefing on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya are expected to brief on political and...
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Tomorrow afternoon (28 August), the Security Council will hold a briefing on the situation in Ukraine. Slovenia and the US, the co-penholders on political issues in Ukraine, requested the meeting to discuss the political and security situation in the country. A...
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At Switzerland’s invitation, members of the Security Council are visiting Geneva today and tomorrow (25 and 26 August) to mark the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. According to a concept note prepared by Switzerland, the objective of this...
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Tomorrow morning (22 August), 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 and a representative...
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Tomorrow (21 August), the Security Council will hold an open debate on “A New Agenda for Peace–Addressing Global, Regional and National Aspects of Conflict Prevention” under the “Peacebuilding and sustaining peace” agenda item. Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and...
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Tomorrow morning (20 August), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the situation in Libya. Deputy Special Representative and Political Officer in Charge of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Stephanie Koury will brief...
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This afternoon (15 August), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution on the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), which was authored by the UK, the penholder on Somalia. The draft resolution in blue extends the...
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Tomorrow morning (15 August), the Security Council will hold its regular monthly open briefing and closed consultations on Yemen. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and OCHA’s Director of the Financing and Partnerships Division Lisa Doughten are expected to brief...
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Tomorrow morning (14 August), 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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Tomorrow morning (14 August), following the consultations on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Security Council members will discuss the situation in Georgia under “any other business”. France, Japan, Malta, Slovenia, the UK, and the US requested the meeting to mark...
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Tomorrow afternoon (13 August), the Security Council will hold a briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. The briefing follows Algeria’s request, supported by Slovenia, for an urgent meeting to discuss the ongoing hostilities in...
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Tomorrow morning (13 August), Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “Crimes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the nationalist battalions”. Briefings are expected from Rodion Miroshnik, Russian Ambassador-at-Large on the Crimes of the Kyiv Regime; Maxim Grigoriev, a member...
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On Monday afternoon (12 August), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution on the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), which was authored by the UK, the penholder on Somalia. The draft resolution in blue extends the authorisation...
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On Monday morning (12 August), the Security Council will convene for a high-level debate titled “Addressing the historical injustice and enhancing Africa’s effective representation on the UN Security Council” under the “Maintenance of international peace and security” agenda item. This...
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Tomorrow morning (8 August), the Security Council will convene for a briefing on the Secretary-General’s 19th biannual strategic-level report on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) to international peace and security, which was...
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Tomorrow morning (7 August), the Security Council will hold a briefing on “Sustaining women, peace and security commitments in the context of accelerated drawdown of peace operations”. Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and...
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This afternoon (6 August), the Security Council will vote on a draft resolution authorising the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) to provide operational and logistical support to the Southern African Development Community (SADC)...
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Tomorrow morning (6 August), the Security Council will hold an open briefing to discuss the humanitarian situation in Sudan. Briefings are expected from Director of OCHA’s Operations and Advocacy Division Edem Wosornu and World Food Programme (WFP) Assistant Executive Director...
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Sierra Leone is the president of the Security Council in August. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (1 August). Sierra Leone has chosen to organise two signature events. It will convene a debate...
