What's In Blue: June 2025
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On Monday afternoon (30 June), Security Council members are expected to hold closed consultations on Haiti. The meeting was requested by Panama and the “A3 Plus” members (Algeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, and Guyana) to formally begin deliberations on the Secretary-General’s...
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On Monday afternoon (30 June), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the 1533 Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sanctions regime until 1 July 2026, and the mandate of the Group of Experts assisting the...
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This afternoon (27 June), 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 Democratic Republic...
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Tomorrow morning (27 June), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Sudan. The meeting is being held pursuant to resolution 2715 of 1 December 2023, which requested the Secretary-General to provide a briefing every 120 days on...
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On Monday morning (30 June), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific Mohamed...
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Tomorrow afternoon (26 June), the Security Council will hold an open briefing and closed consultations on the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR). Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix is expected to brief based on the Secretary-General’s latest report on the...
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Tomorrow (25 June), the Security Council will hold its annual open debate on children and armed conflict. Vindhya Persaud, Guyana’s Minister of Human Services and Social Security, is expected to chair the meeting. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children...
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Tomorrow afternoon (24 June), the Security Council will convene for its biannual briefing on the implementation of resolution 2231 of 20 July 2015, which endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear programme. Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary...
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On Monday morning (23 June), 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, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya, and...
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Tomorrow afternoon (20 June), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Ukraine. The meeting was requested by Ukraine in a 17 June letter following large-scale Russian aerial attacks on Kyiv and other cities across Ukraine on that day. Council...
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Tomorrow morning (20 June), the Security Council will hold an emergency open briefing on the ongoing hostilities between Iran and Israel. The meeting, which will be held under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item, was requested by...
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Tomorrow (19 June), the Security Council will hold an open debate on “Poverty, Underdevelopment, and Conflict: Implications for the Maintenance of International Peace and Security”. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Assistant Secretary-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific at...
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Tomorrow morning (17 June), the Security Council will hold its monthly briefing on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Najat Rochdi and Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya will brief the Council. A civil...
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This afternoon (13 June), the Security Council will hold an emergency open briefing followed by closed consultations on the attack that Israel launched against Iran overnight. The meeting, which will be held under the “Threats to international peace and security”...
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On Monday afternoon (16 June), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on Sudan. Denmark, Slovenia, and the UK (the penholder on the file) requested the meeting to receive an update on the humanitarian situation in the country. Assistant...
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On Monday morning (16 June), Security Council members will hold closed consultations under the “Protection of civilians in armed conflict” agenda item. Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya is expected to brief members on food insecurity in Gaza, following...
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On Tuesday morning (10 June), 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 Mohamed Al Hassan is expected to brief on the Secretary-General’s...
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This afternoon (4 June) at 4 pm EST, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution on the war between Israel and Hamas that was initiated by the Council’s ten elected members (E10). The draft text in...
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Tomorrow (4 June), Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting on Ukraine titled “Understanding and Resolving the Ideological Roots of the Ukrainian Crisis”. The anticipated briefers are: Edouard Popov, Director of the Center for Public Cooperation and Information “Europe”; Natalya Seluykina, Executive Director...
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Guyana is the president of the Security Council in June. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (2 June). Guyana has chosen to organise one signature event, a high-level open debate titled “Poverty, underdevelopment...
