What's In Blue: January 2026
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Tomorrow afternoon (30 January), the Security Council is scheduled to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for another year, until 31 January 2027. While the negotiations reflected broad support among...
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Tomorrow morning (30 January), Pakistan will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “Upholding the Sanctity of Treaties for the Maintenance of International Peace and Security”. Briefers will include: David Nanopoulos, the Chief of the Treaty Section at the UN Office of...
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Tomorrow afternoon (29 January), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) for another year, until 31 January 2027. Panama and the US, the co-penholders on...
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Tomorrow (28 January), 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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On Tuesday afternoon (27 January), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) for a final two-month period, until 31 March. The UK, the penholder on Yemen, authored...
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On Monday (26 January), the Security Council will convene for a high-level open debate on “Reaffirming international rule of law: Pathways to reinvigorating peace, justice, and multilateralism”. The meeting will be held under the agenda item “The promotion and strengthening...
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Tomorrow morning (23 January), the Security Council will hold its quarterly briefing on Colombia. Special Representative and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia Miroslav Jenča will brief on recent developments and the Secretary-General’s latest 90-day report on the mission, which was...
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This afternoon (21 January), 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 will brief on recent developments in the country and the Secretary-General’s...
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On Tuesday morning (20 January), Security Council members are expected to hold closed consultations on the situation in South Sudan. The US requested the meeting to discuss political developments in the country and the government’s current posture towards the UN...
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This afternoon (15 January), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on the recent protests in Iran. The meeting, which will be held under the agenda item “The situation in the Middle East”, was requested by the US....
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Tomorrow morning (14 January), the Security Council is expected to hold a meeting under the “Maintenance of international peace and security” agenda item to vote on a draft resolution extending until 15 July the monthly reporting requirement for the Secretary-General...
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On Monday morning (12 January), Somalia will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “Advancing New Paradigms for Peacebuilding: Fortifying Inclusive and Sustainable Approaches to Peacemaking”. Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman (Somalia) and Ambassador Ricklef Johannes Beutin (Germany), the Chair of the Peacebuilding...
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This morning (5 January), the Security Council will hold an open briefing under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item. Council member Colombia requested the emergency meeting following the US’ 3 January military operation in Venezuela, during which...
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Somalia is the president of the Security Council in January. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (2 January). Somalia intends to organise one signature event, an open debate titled “Reaffirming international rule of law: pathways to reinvigorating peace, justice,...
