What's In Blue: October 2025
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This afternoon (31 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for another year, until 31 October 2026. The draft text in blue maintains UNSMIL’s...
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This afternoon (31 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for one year, until 31 October 2026. The draft resolution in blue calls...
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Tomorrow afternoon (31 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia for another year, until 31 October 2026. The negotiations on this year’s mandate renewal were the most...
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Tomorrow morning (31 October), the Security Council will hold its semi-annual debate on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Council members are also expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the authorisation of the European Union (EU)-led multinational stabilisation force (EUFOR...
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Tomorrow morning (30 October), the Security Council is expected to hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Sudan. It appears that the meeting had been previously scheduled for early November, in keeping with resolution 2715 of 1 December...
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Tomorrow morning (28 October), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR). Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the CAR and Head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African...
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Tomorrow (24 October), the day the UN Charter entered into force 80 years ago, the Security Council is expected to hold an open debate titled “The United Nations Organization: Looking into the Future” under the “Maintenance of international peace and...
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Tomorrow (23 October), the Security Council will hold its quarterly open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. The anticipated briefer is Ramiz Alakbarov, the Deputy Special Coordinator and Resident Coordinator at the Office of...
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This afternoon (22 October), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Haiti. Special Representative and Head of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) Carlos Ruiz Massieu is expected to brief on recent developments in the country and...
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Tomorrow morning (22 October), the Security Council will hold its monthly open briefing and closed consultations on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Najat Rochdi and UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...
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On Friday (17 October), Security Council members held their 19th annual joint consultative meeting with members of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. During the day, they also met with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion...
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On Tuesday morning (21 October), the Security Council will convene for its second regular briefing this year on the situation in Kosovo. Deputy Special Representative and Officer-in-Charge of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Milbert Dongjoon Shin is...
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Yesterday morning (16 October), Security Council members began their day with meetings with UN and African Union (AU) officials in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In the afternoon, they participated in the tenth informal joint seminar with the African Union Peace and...
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Tomorrow afternoon (17 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the sanctions regime on Haiti for one year.* An annex to the draft text in blue adds four individuals to the 2653 sanctions list....
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Council members will hold their 19th annual joint consultative meeting with the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Friday (17 October). This meeting will be preceded tomorrow (16 October) by the tenth informal joint...
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On Monday morning (13 October), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on the Great Lakes Region. Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region Huang Xia will brief on the Secretary-General’s latest biannual report on the implementation of the...
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Tomorrow morning (8 October), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting on Somalia. Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the UN Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) James Swan will brief on the Secretary-General’s latest report (S/2025/613)...
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On Monday (6 October), the Security Council will hold its annual open debate on women, peace and security (WPS). The expected briefers are UN Secretary-General António Guterres, UN Women Executive Director Sima Sami Bahous, and two women civil society representatives....
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Russia is the president of the Security Council in October. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (1 October). Russia has chosen to organise two signature events. The first is an open debate on...
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This afternoon (1 October), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on Sudan. The meeting was requested by Denmark, France, Greece, Panama, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Slovenia, and the UK (the penholder on the file) to receive an update...
