What's In Blue: Africa
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On Monday morning (18 November), the Security Council will receive a briefing and its members will hold consultations on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Hilde Johnson, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of UNMISS, is scheduled...
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Council members appear ready to adopt a presidential statement on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) tomorrow morning (14 November). The presidential statement comes in the wake of significant developments on the ground, notably the recent...
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Tomorrow morning (12 November) the Security Council is scheduled to adopt a resolution authorising an increase in the troop strength of the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and extending its mandate until 31 October 2014. The UK, the penholder on...
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On Monday (11 November), Council members will hold consultations on Sudan-South Sudan focusing on compliance by Sudan, South Sudan, and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) with resolution 2046, with Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous expected to brief. In...
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Tomorrow (6 November), Council members are scheduled to hold consultations on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The meeting, which was requested by France, is likely to include briefings via video-teleconference by the Special Representative of...
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On Monday (4 November), Emergency Relief Coordinator and head of Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Valerie Amos, will brief Council members on the humanitarian situation in Syria under “any other business” following consultations on the November programme...
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Tomorrow morning (1 November), members of the Security Council will convene with members of various UN organs and civil society for an Arria formula meeting on “The human rights and humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic”. The meeting will...
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This afternoon (30 October) Security Council members are set to receive a briefing in consultations on the status of negotiations on Western Sahara. The Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy, Christopher Ross, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the...
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Tomorrow (30 October), the Security Council will be briefed by Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson on two reports as well his recent visit to Mogadishu. Eliasson is expected to cover the report of the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on benchmarks...
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Council members will meet in consultations at the request of France this afternoon (28 October) to discuss the on-going violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The head of the UN Stabilisation Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), Special...
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Today (25 October), following consultations on Syria, Council members are expected to hold consultations on the situation in South Sudan with Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous scheduled to brief. It seems that the meeting will focus in particular on...
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Tomorrow morning (24 October), Council members are scheduled to hold the semi-monthly consultations on Sudan-South Sudan issues with Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tayé-Brook Zerihoun expected to brief. Several issues will likely be on Council members minds and may be...
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On Thursday (24 October), Ambassador Gert Rosenthal (Guatemala), chair of the 1572 Côte d’Ivoire Sanctions Committee, will brief Council members in consultations on the midterm report (S/2013/605) of the Group of Experts (GoE) that assists the Committee. (The GoE presented...
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Tomorrow morning (23 October), the Security Council is scheduled to hold a briefing and consultations on the quarterly report of the Secretary-General on the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous is expected to brief...
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On Monday (21 October), the Security Council will be briefed by the lead countries of the various legs of the recent Security Council visiting mission to Africa from 4-8 October. Morocco will brief on the Democratic Republic of the Congo...