What's In Blue: July 2026
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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....
