What's In Blue: Europe

  • 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... Tags: ,

  • 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... Tags: ,

  • 22 October 2023

    Kosovo Briefing

    Tomorrow afternoon (23 October), the Security Council will convene for its second regular briefing this year on the situation in Kosovo. Special Representative and head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Caroline Ziadeh is expected to brief on... Tags: ,

  • Tomorrow morning (13 October), 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 the... Tags: ,

  • Tomorrow morning (20 September), the Security Council will convene for a high-level open debate on Ukraine. The meeting, titled “Upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter through effective multilateralism: Maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine”, is a... Tags: ,

  • 7 September 2023

    Ukraine: Briefing*

    Tomorrow morning (8 September), the Security Council will convene for a briefing on the situation in Ukraine. Albania and the US, the co-penholders on political issues in Ukraine, requested the meeting to discuss the regional and municipal elections that Russia is... Tags: ,

  • 23 August 2023

    Ukraine Briefing

    Tomorrow morning (24 August), the Security Council will convene for a briefing on the situation in Ukraine. The expected briefers are Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo; Kateryna Rashevska, a legal expert at the Regional Center for Human... Tags: ,

  • Tomorrow (10 August), Security Council members will discuss the situation in Georgia under “any other business”. Albania, France, Japan, Malta, the UK, and the US requested the meeting to mark the 15th anniversary of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. A representative... Tags: ,

  • Tomorrow afternoon (17 July), the Security Council will convene for a high-level briefing on the situation in Ukraine. UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs James Cleverly will chair the meeting and Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs... Tags: ,

  • 22 June 2023

    Ukraine: Briefing

    Tomorrow morning (23 June), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on the situation in Ukraine. The meeting was requested by Albania and the US, the co-penholders on the political situation in Ukraine. Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs... Tags: ,

  • Tomorrow afternoon (30 May), the Security Council will convene for a briefing on the situation in Ukraine under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item. The meeting, which was requested by Ecuador and France, is expected to focus on the... Tags: ,

  • Tomorrow afternoon (18 May), 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 issue of Western weapons supplies to Ukraine. Adedeji Ebo, Director... Tags: ,

  • Tomorrow morning (15 May), 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. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths is expected... Tags: ,

  • Tomorrow (12 May), Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “Situation with freedom of religion and belief in Ukraine: persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church”. Briefings are expected from Mira Terada, Director of the Foundation to Battle Injustice, as well as from... Tags: , ,

  • Tomorrow morning (10 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 covers... Tags: ,