What's In Blue: Arria formula
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On Monday morning (29 December), Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “Risks and Challenges Emanating from Uncontrolled Use of Low Earth Orbit Satellites”. Alexey Borodin, Director-General of the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications; and Victor Strelets, Chairman...
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Tomorrow morning (5 August), Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “The Armed Forces of Ukraine Military Debacle in the Kursk Region: Preliminary Assessment”. Maxim Grigoriev, a member of the Russian Civic Chamber and Chairman of the International Public Tribunal...
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Tomorrow afternoon (9 July), Sierra Leone will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “The Global Race for Critical Minerals: Addressing Resource-Driven Insecurity in Africa”. Guyana and incoming Council members the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Liberia are co-sponsoring the...
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Tomorrow (4 June), Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting on Ukraine titled “Understanding and Resolving the Ideological Roots of the Ukrainian Crisis”. The anticipated briefers are: Edouard Popov, Director of the Center for Public Cooperation and Information “Europe”; Natalya Seluykina, Executive Director...
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On Friday afternoon (23 May), an Arria-formula meeting will be convened by Slovenia together with Algeria, Panama, and Sierra Leone that is titled “Freshwater Resources and Related Infrastructure under Attack: Protecting Water in Armed Conflict—Protecting Civilian Lives”. Several non-Council members—Costa...
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Tomorrow (23 April), China will convene an Arria-formula meeting on “The Impact of Unilateralism and Bullying Practices on International Relations”. The expected briefers are Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and President of the...
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This afternoon (4 April), Security Council members will hold an Arria-formula meeting on artificial intelligence (AI) titled “Harnessing safe, inclusive, trustworthy AI for the maintenance of international peace and security”. The meeting is being organised by Greece, together with France...
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Tomorrow (2 April), Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting on Ukraine titled “Disinformation and Sabotage of Peace in Ukraine”. The briefers had not been confirmed at the time of writing. The meeting will begin at 3 pm EST and take...
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This afternoon (14 January), the US will convene an Arria-formula meeting on the implications of the proliferation and misuse of commercial spyware for the maintenance of international peace and security. The meeting is being co-sponsored by Council members France, the...
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Tomorrow (12 December), Security Council members will hold an Arria-formula meeting on mine action at the initiative of Japan. The expected briefers are Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix and the Permanent Representative of Cambodia to the UN, Ambassador Keo...
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Tomorrow afternoon (6 December), Guyana and Slovenia will convene an Arria-formula meeting to consider the implementation of resolution 2475 on the protection of persons with disabilities in armed conflict, which was adopted on 20 June 2019. Marking the resolution’s five-year...
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This afternoon (25 November), Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting on the humanitarian impact of unilateral coercive measures (UCMs). The expected briefers are Alena Douhan, UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of UCMs on the enjoyment of human rights;...
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Tomorrow afternoon (25 October), Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “Systematic violations of IHL committed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the Russian Federation”. Briefings are expected from Rodion Miroshnik, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign...
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Tomorrow morning (13 August), Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “Crimes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the nationalist battalions”. Briefings are expected from Rodion Miroshnik, Russian Ambassador-at-Large on the Crimes of the Kyiv Regime; Maxim Grigoriev, a member...
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On Monday (8 July), Council members will convene for an Arria-formula meeting on “Stepping up Preventive Action: From Environmental Challenges to Opportunities for Peace”. Slovenia is organising the meeting together with Guyana, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and Sierra Leone....

