What's In Blue: Asia
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On Monday morning (16 March), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for three months, until 17 June. On 3 March, China, the penholder on...
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On Monday afternoon (9 March), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Afghanistan. Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (Political) and Officer-in-Charge of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Georgette Gagnon is expected to brief. Several regional member...
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Tomorrow morning (6 March), the Security Council will hold a private meeting on Myanmar. Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar Julie Bishop is expected to brief via videoconference (VTC). Philippine Foreign Secretary Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro will brief in person...
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Tomorrow morning (12 February), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the Monitoring Team supporting the 1988 Afghanistan Sanctions Committee for 12 months. The US, the penholder on Afghanistan sanctions, authored the...
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Tomorrow morning (10 December), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Afghanistan. Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (Political) and Officer-in-Charge of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Georgette Gagnon, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher, and...
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On Monday morning (22 December), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting on Myanmar. Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar Julie Bishop and Special Envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Chair on Myanmar Tan...
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Tomorrow morning (17 September), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on Afghanistan. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Roza Otunbayeva and a civil society representative are expected to...
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This afternoon (25 July), the Security Council will hold an urgent private meeting under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item to discuss the clashes that erupted yesterday (24 July) along the Cambodia-Thailand border. Pakistan, July’s Council president,...
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On Monday morning (23 June), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on Afghanistan. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Roza Otunbayeva, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya, and...
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This afternoon (5 May), Security Council members will meet in closed consultations under the agenda item “The India-Pakistan question”. Pakistan, which is currently an elected member of the Council for the 2025-2026 term, requested the meeting. Assistant Secretary-General for the...
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This afternoon (30 April), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting on Myanmar. Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar Julie Bishop and Special Envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Chair on Myanmar Tan Sri...
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On Monday morning (17 March), the Security Council is expected vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) until 17 March 2026. The draft resolution renews UNAMA’s mandate for an additional year...
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On Monday afternoon (10 March), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on Afghanistan. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Roza Otunbayeva and a representative of Afghan civil society...
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This afternoon (30 January), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations on Myanmar. Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar Julie Bishop and Head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Geneva and Director of...
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This afternoon (18 December), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing under the agenda item “Non-proliferation/Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)”. The meeting was requested by France, Japan, Malta, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Slovenia, the UK, and...
