What's In Blue: February 2026
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Tomorrow morning (13 January), 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 Claudio Cordone and Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya are...
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Tomorrow morning (12 February), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the Monitoring Team supporting the 1988 Afghanistan Sanctions Committee for 12 months. The US, the penholder on Afghanistan sanctions, authored the...
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Tomorrow morning (10 February), 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 brief on the...
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Tomorrow afternoon (9 February), Security Council members are expected to hold closed consultations on Sudan. The expected briefers are Director of the Crisis Response Division at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Edem Wosornu and Assistant Executive...
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Tomorrow morning (4 February), the Security Council will convene for a briefing on the Secretary-General’s 22nd biannual strategic-level report on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) to international peace and security. The anticipated...
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The UK is the president of the Security Council in February. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (2 February). The UK is planning a particular focus on two specific mandated meetings, which UK Secretary of State for...
