What's In Blue: Africa
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Tomorrow (21 April), Security Council members are expected to hold closed videoconference (VTC) consultations on Western Sahara. Acting Assistant-Secretary-General for Africa Michael Kingsley-Nyinah and Special Representative and head of the UN Mission for the Referendum on Western Sahara (MINURSO) Colin...
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Tomorrow (20 April), Council members will hold an informal interactive dialogue (IID) on the situation in Somalia. At the time of writing, it was still unclear if the meeting will take place in person or via closed videoconference (VTC) format....
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Tomorrow (16 April) at 3 pm, the Security Council president (Viet Nam) is expected to announce the result of the written voting procedure on two draft resolutions on Libya. The first addresses UN support for the Libyan ceasefire monitoring mechanism...
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Tomorrow (15 April), Security Council members will discuss the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia under “any other business”. The meeting, which will be held via videoconference (VTC), was initiated at the request of the US. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian...
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On Monday (12 April), the Security Council will hold an open videoconference (VTC) briefing, followed by closed VTC consultations, on the Great Lakes region. The Council will be briefed by Huang Xia, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Great Lakes...
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Tomorrow (6 April), Security Council members will hold their quarterly briefing and consultations on Mali through videoconference (VTC). Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix will brief. El-Ghassim Wane, the new Special Representative and head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization...
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On Tuesday (30 March), Security Council members are scheduled to hold an open videoconference (VTC), followed by a closed VTC, on the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and on recent developments in the Democratic...
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Tomorrow morning (24 March), Security Council members are scheduled to hold an open videoconference (VTC) briefing, followed by closed VTC consultations, on the UN Assistance Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). The Special Envoy to Libya and head of UNSMIL, Ján Kubiš, will...
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This afternoon (12 March), the Security Council is expected to announce the voting results on a draft resolution reauthorising the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) for ten months until 31 December. The mandate will authorise AU member states to maintain...
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Tomorrow afternoon (12 March), the Security Council is expected to announce the voting results of a resolution to renew the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for one year. The initial draft was circulated to the full...
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Tomorrow (9 March), the Security Council will receive a videoconference (VTC) briefing, followed by VTC consultations, on the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS). Special Representative for Sudan and head of UNITAMS Volker Perthes is expected to brief....
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Tomorrow (4 March), Security Council members will discuss the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia under “any other business”. The meeting was requested by Ireland, with the support of Estonia, France, Norway, the UK, and the US. Under-Secretary-General...
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Tomorrow (24 February), Security Council members will discuss the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) in an open videoconference (VTC). The Council will be briefed by Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix; AU Peace and Security Commissioner Smaїl Chergui;...
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On Monday (22 February), Security Council members will discuss the situation in Somalia in an open videoconference (VTC). A closed VTC is scheduled to follow. Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) James Swan, AU...
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Tomorrow afternoon (11 February), the Security Council president (the UK) is expected to announce the results of the written voting procedure on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 1591 Sudan Sanctions Committee until...
