What's In Blue: November 2025
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Tomorrow morning (26 November), Security Council members will hold an informal interactive dialogue (IID) on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (IIDs are closed, informal meetings chaired by the Council president that allow for the participation of non-Council members.)...
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A joint letter marking the formal start of the selection and appointment process for the next UN Secretary-General has been signed today (25 November) by the President of the Security Council, Michael Imran Kanu, and the President of the General...
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On Wednesday morning (26 November), the Security Council and the General Assembly will adopt substantively identical resolutions on the 2025 Peacebuilding Architecture Review (PBAR). The Council president for November (Sierra Leone) is expected to put the agreed draft resolution to...
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Tomorrow afternoon (25 November), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing for six months the authorisation for member states, acting nationally or through regional organisations, to inspect vessels on the high seas off the coast...
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On Monday morning (24 November), the Security Council will hold its regular monthly open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). The expected briefer is Ramiz Alakbarov, the Deputy Special Coordinator and Resident Coordinator at the...
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Tomorrow morning (21 November), there will be an Arria-formula meeting on “Maritime Safety and Security: Protection of Seafarers”. Greece and non-Council members India and the Philippines are organising the meeting. Denmark and Panama are co-sponsoring the meeting with non-Council members...
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Tomorrow afternoon (20 November), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Ukraine. Council members Denmark, France, Greece, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Slovenia, and the UK requested the meeting, citing rising numbers of civilian casualties in Ukraine, ongoing...
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Tomorrow afternoon (19 November), the Security Council will convene for the annual open briefing on the work of its counter-terrorism-related committees. The expected briefers are Ambassador Sandra Jensen Landi (Denmark), the chair of the 1267/1989/2253 Islamic State in Iraq and...
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Tomorrow afternoon (18 November), Security Council members will hold closed consultations on UN peacekeeping operations. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix will brief on the contingency measures being implemented by UN peacekeeping missions funded by the peacekeeping budget to address...
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Tomorrow morning (18 November), the Security Council will hold a briefing on “Enhancing Regional Counter-Terrorism Cooperation in West Africa and the Sahel”, under the agenda item “Peace consolidation in West Africa”. Sierra Leone, November’s Council president, has chosen to convene...
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Tomorrow afternoon (17 November) at 5 pm, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution authored by the US that welcomes the establishment of a Board of Peace (BoP) as a “transitional governance administration” in Gaza and...
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Tomorrow (17 November), the Security Council will convene for a high-level open debate on conflict-related food insecurity, under the agenda item “Threats to international peace and security”. The meeting, titled “Framing the global dialogue: addressing food insecurity as a driver...
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Mr President, excellencies, distinguished delegates, co-chairs of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and other Procedural Questions, my co-briefer, Loraine Sievers, colleagues in SCAD, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for inviting Security Council Report to address the Council’s open debate...
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Tomorrow afternoon (14 November), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the 2140 Yemen sanctions regime—comprising targeted financial and travel ban measures—for another year, until 14 November 2026. (The targeted arms embargo on the Houthi...
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Tomorrow (14 November), the Security Council will convene for its annual open debate on working methods. The meeting will be held under the agenda item “Implementation of the note by the President of the Security Council (S/2024/507)”, referring to the...
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This afternoon at 5 pm (14 November)*, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) for another year, until 15 November 2026. (Abyei is a...
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Tomorrow afternoon (13 November), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) for another year, until 15 November 2026. The mandate renewal negotiations,...
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Tomorrow morning at 10am (13 November), Security Council members will hold their monthly meeting on Yemen in closed consultations. The anticipated briefers are UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya. The monthly...
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On Tuesday morning (11 November), the Security Council will hold an open briefing and closed consultations on the situation in South Sudan and the work of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix is expected to...
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Tomorrow afternoon (6 November), the Security Council will vote on a draft resolution removing interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and interim Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab from the 1267/1989/2253 Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions...
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The 23rd annual workshop for incoming members of the UN Security Council, titled “Hitting the Ground Running”, will be held on 6 and 7 November on Long Island, New York. The government of Finland is convening the workshop in cooperation...
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NOVEMBER 2005-NOVEMBER 2025: 20 YEARS of SCR Our November 2005 Monthly Forecast launched SCR twenty years ago. Since then, we have published 240 Monthly Forecasts and expanded our products to include daily reporting through What’s in Blue, in-depth research reports...
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Sierra Leone is the president of the Security Council in November. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (3 November). Sierra Leone has chosen to organise two signature events during its presidency. The first...
