What's In Blue: Burundi
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Tomorrow (2 July), Council members will be briefed in consultations, at the request of France, on the situation in Burundi following the controversial parliamentary and municipal elections that took place on Monday (29 June), without the participation of the opposition....
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This afternoon the Security Council will adopt a presidential statement ahead of the parliamentary election in Burundi on Monday and the presidential elections scheduled for 15 July. It also follows Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call for a postponement of the elections...
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Tomorrow (4 June), Council members will be briefed in consultations by the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Said Djinnit via video teleconference (VTC) from Bujumbura on the situation in Burundi, and by Adama Dieng, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser...
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Tomorrow (14 May), the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, Said Djinnit, will brief the Security Council in consultations from Dar es Salaam via video teleconference on the latest developments in Burundi at the request of France. Council members...
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Tomorrow afternoon (16 April), Council members will be briefed in consultations by Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on recent developments in Burundi. The US requested the briefing from the Secretariat on Monday, in the context of the upcoming...
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Bujumbura – Security Council members arrived in Burundi on Friday morning (13 March) for the third and final leg of the Council visiting mission to Africa. Angola, France and the US were the three co-leads for the visit. The question...
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Today (18 February), the Council is set to adopt a presidential statement on Burundi. The statement comes at a time of transition from the UN Office in Burundi (BNUB) to the UN Electoral Observation Mission in Burundi (MENUB). (In accordance...
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This afternoon (10 July), Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović will brief the Security Council in consultations on the situation in Burundi. Also briefing will be the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Office in Burundi (BNUB),...
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Tomorrow (14 May), the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Office in Burundi (BNUB), Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, will brief the Security Council by video teleconference. The chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), Ambassador Paul Seger...
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Tomorrow (26 March), at the request of the US, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tayé-Brook Zerihoun will brief Council members in consultations on the situation in Burundi. The request comes at a time of deterioration in the political situation. At...
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Tomorrow (13 February), the Security Council is set to adopt a resolution on the mandate of the UN Office in Burundi (BNUB). The draft resolution, which was under silence until 11 this morning, reflects a compromise between termination and transfer...
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Tomorrow (28 January), the Security Council will be briefed by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Office in Burundi (BNUB), Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, and Ambassador Paul Seger (Switzerland), the chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission...
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On Thursday (5 July), Karin Landgren—the Secretary-General’s outgoing Special Representative and head of the UN Office in Burundi (BNUB)—will brief the Council, followed by consultations. (On 7 June, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga of Gabon was appointed the new Special Representative and head...
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On Tuesday morning (20 December), the Council is scheduled to adopt a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Office in Burundi (BNUB). A draft resolution was finalised and put in blue on Friday, 16 December. The mandate is set...
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Council members met today to discuss February’s Programme of Work. This month Brazil has the presidency and the Council could have around 15 days of scheduled meetings. Most of the items will be briefings or consultations. One open debate is...
