What's In Blue: Africa
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Tomorrow afternoon (9 February), Security Council members are expected to hold closed consultations on Sudan. The expected briefers are Director of the Crisis Response Division at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Edem Wosornu and Assistant Executive...
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On Tuesday morning (20 January), Security Council members are expected to hold closed consultations on the situation in South Sudan. The US requested the meeting to discuss political developments in the country and the government’s current posture towards the UN...
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Tomorrow morning (23 December), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the authorisation of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) for another year, until 31 December 2026. The UK, the penholder...
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This afternoon (19 December), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) for one year, until 20 December 2026. France,...
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This afternoon (18 December), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on West Africa and the Sahel. Deputy Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel Barrie Freeman is expected to brief on the Secretary-General’s latest report on the...
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This afternoon (16 December), Security Council members will hold an informal interactive dialogue (IID) on the situation in Sudan.[1] The UK, as penholder, and Denmark are convening the meeting against the backdrop of the ongoing crisis in Sudan and the...
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This afternoon (12 December), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the Panel of Experts (PoE) assisting the 2713 Al-Shabaab Sanctions Committee until 31 December 2026 and to review the mandate of...
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Tomorrow morning (12 December), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including the work of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of...
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Tomorrow morning (26 November), Security Council members will hold an informal interactive dialogue (IID) on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (IIDs are closed, informal meetings chaired by the Council president that allow for the participation of non-Council members.)...
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Tomorrow afternoon (25 November), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing for six months the authorisation for member states, acting nationally or through regional organisations, to inspect vessels on the high seas off the coast...
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Tomorrow morning (18 November), the Security Council will hold a briefing on “Enhancing Regional Counter-Terrorism Cooperation in West Africa and the Sahel”, under the agenda item “Peace consolidation in West Africa”. Sierra Leone, November’s Council president, has chosen to convene...
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This afternoon at 5 pm (14 November)*, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) for another year, until 15 November 2026. (Abyei is a...
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Tomorrow afternoon (13 November), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) for another year, until 15 November 2026. The mandate renewal negotiations,...
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On Tuesday morning (11 November), the Security Council will hold an open briefing and closed consultations on the situation in South Sudan and the work of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix is expected to...
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This afternoon (31 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for another year, until 31 October 2026. The draft text in blue maintains UNSMIL’s...
