What's In Blue: June 2026
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Tomorrow afternoon (29 June), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the 1533 Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sanctions regime until 1 July 2027, and the mandate of the Group of Experts (GoE) assisting the...
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On Monday morning (29 June), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). The anticipated briefers are Deputy Special Coordinator and Resident Coordinator at the Office of the...
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Tomorrow morning (26 June), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Sudan. The meeting is being held pursuant to resolution 2715 of 1 December 2023, which requested the Secretary-General to provide a briefing every 120 days on the...
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Tomorrow afternoon (26 June), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including the work of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)....
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Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you to the co-organisers for the invitation to participate in this discussion on strengthening the implementation of Security Council decisions. For the over twenty years, Security Council Report has closely followed and reported on the...
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Tomorrow (24 June), the Security Council will hold its annual open debate on children and armed conflict. Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Vanessa Frazier will present the Secretary-General’s annual report on children and armed conflict,...
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Tomorrow afternoon (23 June), Security Council members China and Pakistan will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “Bridging the Implementation Gap: Security Council Resolutions and the Maintenance of International Peace and Security”. The expected briefers are Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle...
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Tomorrow morning (23 June), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR). Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the CAR and Head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central...
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On Tuesday morning (23 June), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution on accountability for crimes committed against UN peacekeepers. The draft text was authored by Denmark and Pakistan, who have worked together as a “peacekeeping...
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On Monday morning (22 June), the Security Council will hold a briefing on Syria. Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Claudio Cordone and Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Indrika Ratwatte are the anticipated briefers. Closed consultations are scheduled to follow the...
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On Monday afternoon (22 June), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Ukraine. The meeting was requested by Ukraine in a 15 June letter and supported by the Council’s European members (Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia, and the UK). The...
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Tomorrow afternoon (18 June), the Security Council is expected to hold an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. The Council’s ten elected members requested the meeting to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Four...
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Tomorrow (17 June), the Security Council will hold an open debate on women, peace and security (WPS) titled “Peace is decided with women: Emerging from conflict by enhancing their participation”. UN Women Executive Director Sima Sami Bahous and two women civil...
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Tomorrow morning (16 June), the Security Council will hold a briefing on Yemen. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher are expected to brief. Closed consultations are scheduled to follow the open briefing. The Houthis’...
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Tomorrow morning (15 June), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for another year, until 17 June 2027. China, the penholder on Afghanistan, sought to streamline the...
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Tomorrow morning (15 June), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting on the African Union (AU) Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) under the agenda item “The situation in Somalia”. Deputy Special Representative for Somalia and Officer in...
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Tomorrow afternoon (9 June), the Security Council is scheduled to hold an open briefing on the work of the 1737 Sanctions Committee concerning Iran. Colombia—the Council’s president in June—intends to convene the meeting under the “Non-Proliferation” agenda item. No briefer is expected. Background The...
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On Wednesday (10 June), the Security Council will hold a high-level open debate titled “Advancing Political Solutions in the Middle East: Mediation and Dialogue for Lasting Peace” under the “Maintenance of international peace and security” agenda item. Colombian President Gustavo...
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On Monday afternoon (8 June), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Ukraine. The meeting was requested by Ukraine in a 2 June letter and supported by the Council’s European members (Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia, and the UK)....
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Tomorrow morning (5 June), the General Assembly is expected to discuss the annual report of the Security Council. The report, which covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2025, was adopted by the Security Council on 22 May (S/2026/426)....
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Tomorrow afternoon (4 June), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Bahrain—supported by Colombia, Denmark, Greece, France, Latvia, Pakistan, Russia, and the UK—requested the consultations following the...
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Tomorrow morning (3 June), the 80th session of the UN General Assembly is scheduled to hold elections for membership of the Security Council. The five seats available for election in 2026, according to the regular distribution among regions, will be...
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Colombia is the president of the Security Council in June. Council members were unable to reach agreement on the provisional programme of work for the month, apparently due to China and Russia’s objection to the inclusion of a briefing on...
