What's In Blue: Africa
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On Monday (20 June), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on South Sudan. Special Representative and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Nicholas Haysom will brief on the Secretary-General’s latest 90-day report on South Sudan,...
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On Monday (13 June), the Security Council will hold its quarterly briefing on Mali, followed by closed consultations. Special Representative and head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) El-Ghassim Wane will brief. A civil society representative...
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Tomorrow (3 June), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) for a period of one year, until 3 June 2023. The short one-page...
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Tomorrow (3 June), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing for one year the authorisation for member states, acting nationally or through regional organisations, to inspect vessels on the high seas off the coast of...
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Tomorrow (31 May), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution on piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea. The penholders, Ghana and Norway, first began informal consultations on the text with Council members and...
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Tomorrow (31 May), the Security Council will hold a briefing on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at the request of the three African members (Gabon, Ghana and Kenya). Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the...
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This afternoon (26 May), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the situation in Libya. Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo will brief. The chair of the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee,...
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Tomorrow (26 May), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) for a period of five months, until 31 October. The draft text is a straightforward...
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Tomorrow (26 May), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing sanctions on South Sudan until 31 May 2023—including targeted sanctions (assets freezes and travel bans) and an arms embargo—and renewing the mandate of the Panel...
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Tomorrow (18 May), the Security Council will hold its biannual briefing and closed consultations on the counter-terrorism Group of Five for the Sahel Joint Force (FC-G5S), formed in 2017 by Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger (G5 Sahel). Assistant...
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Tomorrow (12 May), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) until 15 November. (Abyei is the disputed area along the Sudan-South Sudan border.) The...
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This morning (29 April), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for a period of three months, until 31 July. The draft text in blue maintains UNSMIL’s...
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Tomorrow (27 April), following the open briefing and closed consultations on the Great Lakes region, Security Council members will discuss the situation in Sudan under “any other business”. The meeting was requested by the UK (the penholder on Sudan), together...
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Tomorrow (27 April), the Security Council will hold a briefing and consultations on the Great Lakes region. Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region Huang Xia will brief on the Secretary-General’s latest report on the implementation of the...
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Tomorrow (14 April), following the briefing and consultations on Yemen, Security Council members will discuss the situation in Ethiopia under “any other business”, a standing item in closed consultations. The meeting was requested by the A3 members of the Council...
