What's In Blue: Africa
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Tomorrow (25 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/2012/766) of the Panel of Experts (PoE) that assists the Committee. The Committee discussed the...
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The Council is scheduled to hold a briefing followed by consultations among members tomorrow afternoon (24 October) on the Secretary-General’s most recent report (S/2012/771) on the situation in Darfur. It seems that Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, is...
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It seems that Council members may have a briefing and consultations on Libya and Syria tomorrow morning (23 October) following a request by Russia. This morning (22 October) Russia circulated three draft press statements, one on Libya and two on...
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Security Council members are set to adopt a draft presidential statement on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) later this afternoon. Last Wednesday (10 October), Council members were briefed by Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping...
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Council members are scheduled to hold consultations tomorrow afternoon (16 October) on Sudan and South Sudan, with Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous expected to brief. At press time, an outcome seemed unlikely. When Council members last met in consultations...
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Tomorrow morning (16 October), the Security Council is scheduled to hold a debate on Somalia, with briefings by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative Augustine Mahiga and AU Commissioner for Peace and Security Ramtane Lamamra. (Both will address the Council by video-conference.)...
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The Council appears set to adopt—possibly on Friday (12 October)—a resolution on Mali expressing its readiness to support an international military force that would assist the Malian army in reasserting sovereignty over the northern half of the country, which is...
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The Council is expected to hold consultations tomorrow (4 October) on Sudan/South Sudan and on the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, is expected to brief on both topics. At press time, no...
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Tomorrow afternoon (4 October), the Security Council will hold consultations on Mali, enabling members to have a preliminary discussion on the possibility of the Council authorising a force led by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). (Last month,...
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Tomorrow afternoon (18 September), Council members will be briefed on the DRC during consultations by Under-Secretary-General Hervé Ladsous, head of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations. (Ladsous has recently returned from a trip to Uganda, Rwanda and the DRC, which...
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This afternoon (17 September), Jeffrey Feltman—the head of the Department for Political Affairs—will brief the Council on progress made on the development of an integrated strategy for the Sahel region which is meant to encompass security, governance, development, human rights...
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On Monday (17 September) the Council is likely to adopt a resolution on Somalia. The resolution is intended to mark the end of the transition in the country and lay out the Council’s expectations for the next phase with regard...
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On Monday morning (17 September), the Security Council is scheduled to adopt a resolution extending the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). The adoption follows a briefing which took place on Tuesday (11 September) by Karin Landgren, the...
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Tomorrow morning (11 September), the Council will receive a briefing from Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen, the Executive Representative of the Secretary-General in Sierra Leone and head of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL). Toyberg-Frandzen will present the Secretary-General’s...
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Tomorrow morning (6 September) the Council is scheduled to hold its regular fortnightly meeting (in consultations) on the situation between Sudan and South Sudan, in accordance with resolution 2046. Haile Menkerios, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Sudan and South...
