What's In Blue: Africa
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Tomorrow morning (15 September), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and head of UNMISS Nicholas Haysom will...
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Tomorrow morning (13 September), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS). Special Representative and head of UNITAMS Volker Perthes is expected to brief on the...
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This afternoon (7 September) the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution authorising a one-off exemption to the ban on the import and export of charcoal from Somalia, in order to allow the Somali government to dispose...
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Tomorrow morning (7 September), following the closed consultations on the Syria chemical weapons track, Security Council members will discuss the situation in Somalia under “any other business”. The UK, the penholder on the file, requested the meeting to discuss the...
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This afternoon (30 August), the Security Council is expected to vote on the renewal of the Mali sanctions regime. At the time of writing, it appears that Council members will be voting on two draft resolutions. One draft resolution, prepared...
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On Monday morning (28 August), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the Secretary-General’s plan for the transfer of tasks of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), which is withdrawing from...
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Tomorrow morning (22 August), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the situation in Libya. Special Representative and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Abdoulaye Bathily will brief on the latest political,...
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Tomorrow morning (9 August), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing to discuss the situation in Sudan at the request of the UK, the penholder on the file. Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and...
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Yesterday (27 July), the Security Council adopted resolution 2693, extending the sanctions measures on the Central African Republic (CAR) until 31 July 2024 and the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 2127 CAR Sanctions Committee until 31 August 2024. Thirteen...
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On Tuesday (25 July), the Security Council will hold a briefing on West Africa and the Sahel, followed by closed consultations. Special Representative and head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, is...
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Tomorrow morning (30 June), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution that terminates the mandate of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) as of 30 June and begins the drawdown and withdrawal of...
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Tomorrow morning (27 June), the Security Council will vote on a draft resolution renewing the 1533 Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sanctions regime until 1 July 2024, and the mandate of the Group of Experts assisting the 1533 DRC Sanctions Committee until...
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Tomorrow morning (27 June), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution on the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) authored by the UK, the penholder on Somalia. The draft text in blue extends by six months...
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On Monday (26 June), the Security Council will convene for a briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including the work of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO). Assistant Secretary-General...
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Tomorrow afternoon (23 June) Security Council members are expected to hold closed consultations on Sudan. It seems that the inter-communal violence in Darfur will be a key focus of the meeting. The UK, the penholder on Sudan, requested the meeting....