What's In Blue: May 2026
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Tomorrow morning (12 May), the Security Council will hold its semi-annual debate on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). High Representative for BiH Christian Schmidt is scheduled to brief on the latest report of the Office of the High Representative (OHR), which was circulated...
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Tomorrow morning (8 May), the Security Council’s five European members—Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia, and the UK—will convene an Arria-formula meeting on the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Three civil society representatives are expected to brief: a Palestinian, an Israeli,...
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Tomorrow morning (7 May), the Security Council will receive a briefing on the Secretary-General’s most recent report (S/2026/378) on the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), which covers the period from 2 October 2025 to 15 April. Assistant Secretary-General for Africa...
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Tomorrow morning (6 May), Security Council members will hold closed consultations under “The situation in the Middle East” agenda item.* Bahrain requested the meeting in light of Iran’s 4 May attacks against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), describing them as...
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Tomorrow afternoon (5 May), Denmark, along with non-Council members New Zealand and Spain, will convene an Arria-formula meeting to mark the tenth anniversary of resolution 2286 of 3 May 2016, which addressed the protection of the wounded and sick, medical...
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China is the president of the Security Council in May. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (1 May). As the signature event of its presidency, China will convene a ministerial-level open debate titled “Upholding the...
