What's In Blue: September 2024
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Next week, the Security Council is expected to hold two open meetings on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. On Monday (16 September), Council members will receive a briefing from Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator (SHRC) for Gaza...
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Tomorrow morning (11 September), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the 1591 Sudan sanctions regime—including targeted sanctions (assets freezes and travel bans) and an arms embargo—until 12 September 2025. The short draft resolution in...
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Tomorrow afternoon (10 September), the Security Council will hold a briefing on the situation in Ukraine. Ecuador and France requested the meeting following the latest barrage of Russian missile and drone attacks that targeted multiple cities across Ukraine. In a letter...
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On Monday (9 September), the Security Council will hold its annual meeting on UN peacekeeping pursuant to resolution 2378 of 20 September 2017. This resolution requested the Secretary-General to provide a comprehensive briefing on peacekeeping reform every 12 months. This year, Slovenia has chosen...
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This afternoon (5 September), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on Sudan, at the request of the UK (the penholder on the file). Director of the Operations and Advocacy Division at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...
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Today (5 September), following the closed consultations on the Syria chemical weapons track, Council members will discuss Venezuela under “any other business”. Ecuador requested that members address the situation in the country, where the results of the 28 July presidential...
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Tomorrow afternoon (4 September), the Security Council is expected to hold a briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo and Director of the Operations and Advocacy Division...
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Slovenia is the president of the Security Council in September. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (3 September). Slovenia has chosen to organise one signature event, a high-level open debate on “Leadership for...
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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 afternoon of the informal visit’s...
