What's In Blue: Europe
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Tomorrow morning (12 May), the Security Council will hold its semi-annual debate on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). High Representative for BiH Christian Schmidt is scheduled to brief on the latest report of the Office of the High Representative (OHR), which was circulated...
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On Monday afternoon (20 April), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Ukraine. The meeting was requested by Ukraine in a 14 April letter following large-scale Russian aerial attacks on the city of Dnipro and other cities across Ukraine...
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Tomorrow morning (9 April), the Security Council will convene for its first regular briefing this year on the situation in Kosovo. Special Representative and Head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Peter Due is expected to brief...
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Tomorrow afternoon (24 February), the Security Council is scheduled to hold a high-level briefing on Ukraine. The meeting was requested by Ukraine, with support from the Council’s European members (Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia, and the UK), to mark the fourth...
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Tomorrow morning (20 February), Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “The Information Dimension of the Ukrainian Crisis: How Media Narratives Shape Conflict”. The anticipated briefers are Glenn Diesen, a Norwegian political scientist, and Andrea Lucidi, an Italian independent journalist....
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Tomorrow afternoon (30 January), the Security Council is scheduled to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) for another year, until 31 January 2027. While the negotiations reflected broad support among...
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This afternoon (29 December), the Security Council is expected to adopt a presidential statement marking the 30th anniversary of the General Framework Agreement for Peace (GFAP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), also known as the Dayton Peace Agreement. Slovenia authored...
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Tomorrow morning (9 December), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Ukraine. Council members Denmark, France, Greece, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Slovenia, and the UK requested the meeting. Slovenian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon...
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Tomorrow afternoon (20 November), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Ukraine. Council members Denmark, France, Greece, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Slovenia, and the UK requested the meeting, citing rising numbers of civilian casualties in Ukraine, ongoing...
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Tomorrow morning (31 October), the Security Council will hold its semi-annual debate on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Council members are also expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the authorisation of the European Union (EU)-led multinational stabilisation force (EUFOR...
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On Tuesday morning (21 October), the Security Council will convene for its second regular briefing this year on the situation in Kosovo. Deputy Special Representative and Officer-in-Charge of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Milbert Dongjoon Shin is...
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This afternoon (23 September) at 4:00 pm EST, the Security Council will hold a high-level briefing on Ukraine, which was requested by the Council’s five European members (France, Denmark, Greece, Slovenia, and the UK). Republic of Korea (ROK) Foreign Minister...
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Tomorrow morning (22 September), the Security Council will hold an urgent briefing under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item. The meeting was requested by Estonia in a 20 September letter to the Council (S/2025/594), which said that...
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This afternoon (12 September), the Security Council will hold an emergency briefing under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item. Poland requested the meeting in a 10 September letter to the Council (S/2025/572), which said that Russian drones...
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This afternoon (29 August), the Security Council will hold an emergency open briefing on Ukraine. The meeting was requested by Ukraine in a letter it sent yesterday (28 August) following large-scale Russian aerial attacks conducted overnight on Kyiv and other...
