What's In Blue: Europe
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Tomorrow afternoon (15 March), the Security Council will convene for a briefing on the situation in Ukraine. The meeting was requested by Ukraine, supported by Slovenia, to discuss the presidential elections that Russia is organising between 15 and 17 March in...
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This afternoon (23 February), the Security Council will convene for a briefing on the situation in Ukraine, which will be held at ministerial level. Ukraine, supported by Slovenia, requested the meeting to mark the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of...
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Tomorrow afternoon (8 February), the Security Council will convene for a briefing on Kosovo. Citing article 35 of the UN Charter, Serbia requested the meeting, with Russia’s support, to discuss rising tensions in Kosovo following Pristina’s decision to make the...
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Tomorrow afternoon (6 February), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on Ukraine under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item. Russia requested the meeting to discuss an incident that occurred on 3 February, in which Ukrainian forces...
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Tomorrow morning (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 2025. The negotiations on the draft resolution appear to have...
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Tomorrow afternoon (25 January), the Security Council will convene for two meetings on Ukraine. The first is a private meeting that will be held at 3 pm EST under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item.* Initiated by France,...
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Tomorrow morning (22 January), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on Ukraine under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item. Russia requested the meeting to discuss the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine. Deputy to...
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Tomorrow morning (10 January), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on the situation in Ukraine. Ecuador and France, the co-penholders on humanitarian issues in Ukraine, requested the meeting. Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo and...
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Tomorrow morning (27 December), Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “10 Years of Euromaidan in Ukraine: A Step Into Abyss”. Briefings are expected from Mikhail Khazin, a Russian economist and commentator; Maxim Grigoriev, head of the non-governmental organisation, the...
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Tomorrow morning (17 November), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on Ukraine under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item. Russia requested the meeting to discuss its allegations that Ukrainian authorities are persecuting the Ukrainian...
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Tomorrow morning (10 November), Russia will convene a Security Council Arria-formula meeting titled “Combating forced separation and illegal exploitation of children”. Briefings are expected from Mira Terada, Director of the Foundation to Battle Injustice, and Arun Dohle, Director of Against...
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Tomorrow afternoon (8 November), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations regarding the 26 September 2022 explosions that caused physical damage to the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Russia requested the meeting to discuss what it considers...
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Tomorrow morning (2 November), the Security Council will hold its semi-annual debate on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). At the time of writing, no briefer was expected. Željko Komšić, the Croat member of the rotating tripartite inter-ethnic Presidency of BiH and the incumbent...
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Tomorrow morning (31 October), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on the situation in Ukraine. The meeting was requested by Ecuador and France, the co-penholders on humanitarian issues in Ukraine. OCHA’s Director of the Coordination Division Ramesh Rajasingham...
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Tomorrow afternoon (27 October), following the Security Council briefing on Ukraine under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item, there will be an Arria-formula meeting on “violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law...
