Security Council Programme of Work for July 2025
Pakistan is the president of the Security Council in July. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (1 July).
Pakistan will organise two signature events this month. The first is a high-level open debate on “Promoting international peace and security through multilateralism and the peaceful settlement of disputes” under the “Maintenance of international peace and security” agenda item. Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammad Ishaq Dar is expected to chair the meeting. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is the anticipated briefer. Pakistan plans to pursue a resolution as an outcome of the meeting.
The second signature event is a briefing under the agenda item “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security”, focusing on the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Dar is expected to chair the meeting. OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha and a UN Secretariat official are the anticipated briefers. A presidential statement is a possible outcome of the meeting.
Pakistan also plans to convene a briefing on UN peace operations. The expected briefers are Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix and a UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) official.
The Security Council’s quarterly open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” will take place in July. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process ad interim Sigrid Kaag may brief. A civil society representative may also brief. Additional meetings on this file might be convened depending on developments in Israel and Gaza.
Several other Middle Eastern issues are on the programme this month.
The Security Council will hold an open briefing and closed consultations on Yemen. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher are expected to brief. A civil society representative may also brief. The Council is also expected to renew the mandate of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA), which expires on 14 July, and the monthly reporting requirement on Houthi attacks on merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea, which expires on 15 July.
Regarding Lebanon, there will be a briefing in consultations on the implementation of resolution 1701, which in 2006 called for a cessation of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. The anticipated briefers are Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations (DPPA-DPO) Mohamed Khaled Khiari.
The Council will also hold its monthly meeting on the political process and the humanitarian situation in Syria. Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya will brief on political and humanitarian developments, respectively.
The Council will also address several African issues in July.
Regarding the Central African Republic (CAR), Council members are expected to extend the 2745 sanctions regime ahead of its 31 July expiry and to renew the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 2745 Sanctions Committee, which expires on 31 August.
International Criminal Court (ICC) Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan will provide the semi-annual briefing on the ICC’s activities related to the situation in Darfur.
There will also be an informal interactive dialogue (IID) on enhancing regional counter-terrorism cooperation in West Africa and the Sahel.
Regarding the Americas, the Council expects to renew the mandate of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) ahead of its 15 July expiry. Prior to this, it will hold an open briefing on the situation in Haiti. Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas in DPPA-DPO Miroslav Jenča and UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Ghada Fathi Waly are expected to brief. Closed consultations are scheduled to follow the open briefing.
The Security Council will also hold its quarterly meeting on Colombia this month. Special Representative and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia Carlos Ruiz Massieu is expected to brief.
On European issues, Council members will receive a briefing in consultations on Cyprus and the work of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) from Special Representative and Head of UNFICYP Colin Stewart.
As in previous months, the Council may also hold one or more meetings on Ukraine in July.
The only Asian issue on the programme this month is the biannual consultations on the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA). Special Representative and Head of UNRCCA Kaha Imnadze is the anticipated briefer.
Council members will also continue following closely developments in such contexts as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Iran, and Sudan. They may choose to convene meetings on these or other issues, depending on developments.
