What's In Blue: July 2026
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Tomorrow morning (30 July), Security Council members will participate in the first straw poll to select a candidate to recommend to the General Assembly as the next UN Secretary-General. Article 97 of the UN Charter states that the “Secretary-General shall...
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Tomorrow morning (29 July), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations to receive the biannual briefing on the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA). Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNRCCA Kaha Imnadze...
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On Wednesday morning (29 July), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the sanctions measures imposed on armed groups operating in the Central African Republic (CAR) until 31 July 2027, and the mandate of the...
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Tomorrow (28 July), the Security Council will hold its quarterly open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). The anticipated briefer is Deputy Special Coordinator and Resident Coordinator at the Office of the UN...
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On Monday morning (27 July), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Ukraine. The meeting was requested by Ukraine in a 20 July letter and supported by the Council’s European members (Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia, and the UK)....
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Tomorrow (23 July), the Security Council will hold a high-level open debate on “Strengthening the mechanisms for the peaceful settlement of disputes: follow-up to Security Council resolution 2788”, under the agenda item “Maintenance of international peace and security”. Thérèse Kayikwamba...
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This afternoon (21 July), Security Council members will hold an Arria-formula meeting on transitional justice and missing persons in Syria. The meeting is being organised by Colombia and Denmark, along with non-Council members Luxembourg and Syria. The expected briefers are...
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On Monday morning (20 July), the Security Council will hold an open briefing and closed consultations on Haiti. Special Representative and Head of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative for the Gang Suppression Force...
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Tomorrow morning (17 July), Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “The Reign of Terror: Crimes of the Kiev Regime in Ukraine and Beyond”. At the time of writing, the briefers had not been announced. Russia’s Chargé d’Affaires to the...
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Tomorrow morning (16 July), Security Council members are expected to receive a briefing in closed consultations on the Secretary-General’s latest report on the implementation of resolution 1701 (S/2026/566), which was circulated to Council members on 9 July and covers developments...
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Tomorrow morning (15 July), 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 (S/2026/528), which...
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Tomorrow morning (14 July), the Security Council is expected to hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on West Africa and the Sahel. Special Representative and Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) Leonardo Santos...
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On Tuesday morning (14 July), 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 the monthly reporting requirement for the Secretary-General on attacks...
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On Monday afternoon (13 July), the Security Council is expected to hold an open briefing on Yemen under the agenda item “the situation in the Middle East”. The Yemeni government requested an emergency meeting in a 7 July letter from...
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On Monday morning (13 July), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “The Normative Gaps Linking Natural Resources and Peace: Foundations and Perspectives”. The DRC’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Francophonie, Thérèse...
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Tomorrow morning (9 July), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Ukraine. The meeting was requested by Ukraine in a 6 July letter and supported by the Council’s European members (Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia, and the UK). The anticipated...
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On Friday morning (10 July), the Security Council is scheduled to hold a briefing under the “Non-Proliferation” agenda item to discuss the implementation of resolution 2231 of 20 July 2015, which endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran‘s nuclear programme....
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Tomorrow (8 July), the Security Council will convene for its annual open debate on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Council president in July, has titled this year’s open debate “Honouring the promise of...
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the president of the Security Council in July. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (1 July). The DRC will organise two signature events this month....
