What's In Blue: April 2026
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On Monday afternoon (20 April), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Ukraine. The meeting was requested by Ukraine in a 14 April letter following large-scale Russian aerial attacks on the city of Dnipro and other cities across Ukraine...
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This afternoon (17 April), Security Council members are expected to hold closed consultations on Sudan, at the request of Denmark and the UK (the penholder on the file). Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan Pekka Haavisto is expected to...
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Tomorrow morning (17 April), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on the situation in South Sudan and the work of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMISS Anita Kiki Gbeho is expected to...
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Tomorrow morning (15 April), 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...
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Tomorrow morning (14 April), the Security Council will hold a briefing on Yemen. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Director of the Crisis Response Division at the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Edem Wosornu are...
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Tomorrow morning (14 April), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution reauthorising measures contained in resolution 2146 of 19 March 2014 related to the illicit export of petroleum from Libya. The draft text, which was authored by the...
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Tomorrow morning (9 April), the Security Council will convene for its first regular briefing this year on the situation in Kosovo. Special Representative and Head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Peter Due is expected to brief...
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Tomorrow morning (7 April) at 11 am EST, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution which strongly encourages states interested in the use of commercial maritime routes in the Strait of Hormuz to coordinate efforts of...
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This afternoon (2 April), the Security Council is expected to adopt a presidential statement on cooperation between the UN and the League of Arab States (LAS) following its meeting on the topic that began at 3 pm EST. Bahraini Minister...
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Tomorrow morning (2 April), the Security Council will hold a high-level briefing under the agenda item “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security”, focusing on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Bahraini...
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Bahrain is the president of the Security Council in April. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (1 April). Bahrain has chosen to organise four signature events. One is a high-level open debate on maritime...
