What's In Blue: Africa
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Tomorrow morning (13 March) Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, will brief Council members via video-teleconference on both Syria and the Sahel. She was in Syria from 7 to 9 March and in Niger from 16 to 18 February with...
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On Monday (5 March) the Council is scheduled to hold an open debate on Somalia as a follow up to the 23 February London Conference. The UK has proposed a draft presidential statement (PRST) endorsing the conference communiqué, which is...
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Tomorrow (2 March), the DRC Sanctions Committee will meet with the newly appointed DRC group of experts, prior to the group’s departure to the region and several European and Asian capitals. (In resolution 2021 of 29 November 2011, the Council...
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The Council is likely to hold consultations this afternoon (29 February) on the situation along the Sudan-South Sudan border. It appears that a representative from the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, possibly its head, Hervé Ladsous, will brief during the consultations....
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On Monday morning (27 February), the Council is scheduled to hold a debate on the threats to peace and security in the Gulf of Guinea region posed by piracy and other forms of armed robbery. (It originally seemed as if...
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On Monday afternoon (27 February), Council members are expected to hold an “informal interactive dialogue” on the situation in Sudan and South Sudan. Haile Menkerios, UN Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, and Thabo Mbeki, chair of the AU...
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A draft resolution authorising an increase in the troop ceiling for the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), from 12,000 to 17,731 uniformed personnel (troops and police), was put in blue this morning with adoption set for tomorrow (22 February). The...
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Tomorrow (17 February) the Council is scheduled to adopt a resolution renewing the mandate of the Panel of Experts of the Sudan Sanctions Committee for one year. (The Panel’s current mandate expires on 19 February under resolution 1982.) At press...
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The Council’s engagement with Sudan and South Sudan issues continues tomorrow (10 February) during consultations. During tomorrow’s sanctions consultations, it seems that Council members will discuss the final report of the Sudan sanctions committee’s panel of experts. During the South...
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Tomorrow morning (9 February), Council members will discuss in consultations the most recent report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abyei (S/2012/68). It seems that Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping, is set to brief. (The Council adopted two resolutions...
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This afternoon (8 February), the Secretary-General is scheduled to brief Council members in informal consultations on his recent visit to the Middle East and Addis Ababa where he attended the AU Summit from 29-30 January. (The Secretary-General was in Lebanon...
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Tomorrow (7 February), the Council will be briefed by Roger Meece, head of the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) on the Secretary-General’s latest report (S/2012/65). Following the briefing, Council members will have informal...
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On Monday (6 February), Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Susana Malcorra is scheduled to brief Council members in informal consultations on the Secretary-General’s special report on Somalia of 31 January (S/2012/74). While the Secretary-General’s report presents recommendations on the new strategic...
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Council members will hold consultations on Monday (30 January) on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), with Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous set to brief. It seems the consultations will focus on the force level of the mission....
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This afternoon (Thursday, 26 January), the Council is scheduled to be briefed by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, B. Lynn Pascoe, on the impact of the Libyan crisis on the Sahel. (The Sahel covers Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, northern Nigeria, Burkina...
