What's In Blue: the Americas
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Tomorrow morning (30 September), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing for one year the authorisation for member states to deploy a Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti to help re-establish security in the country and...
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Today (5 September), following the closed consultations on the Syria chemical weapons track, Council members will discuss Venezuela under “any other business”. Ecuador requested that members address the situation in the country, where the results of the 28 July presidential...
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Tomorrow morning (12 July), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) for another year, until 15 July 2025. Ecuador and the US, the co-penholders on...
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Tomorrow afternoon (11 July), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Colombia. Special Representative and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia Carlos Ruiz Massieu will brief on recent developments and the Secretary-General’s latest 90-day report on...
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This afternoon (9 April), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting under the “Threats to international peace and security” agenda item to discuss recent developments regarding a territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region in...
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Tomorrow morning (9 April), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Colombia. Special Representative and Head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia Carlos Ruiz Massieu will brief on recent developments and the Secretary-General’s...
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This afternoon (18 March), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting on Haiti. Ecuador and the US, the penholders on the file, requested the meeting to receive an update on the 11 March agreement on a transitional governance arrangement...
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Tomorrow afternoon (6 March), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting on Haiti. Ecuador and the US, the penholders on Haiti, requested the meeting to discuss the most recent escalation of gang violence in the country. An official...
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On Friday (9 February), the second day of the Council’s visiting mission to Colombia, the delegation traveled to the southern Caquetá department to visit a former territorial area for training and reintegration (TATR) called Agua Bonita. Council members then returned...
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This afternoon (7 February), Council members will depart New York to begin a visiting mission to Colombia that concludes on 11 February. The UK (the penholder on Colombia), Guyana, and Switzerland are co-leading the mission. The overarching goal of the...
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Tomorrow afternoon (11 January), the Security Council will hold an open briefing on Colombia. Special Representative and head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia Carlos Ruiz Massieu will brief on recent developments and the Secretary-General’s latest 90-day report on...
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This afternoon (8 December), following the vote on the draft resolution on the situation in Gaza, Security Council members will convene for closed consultations to discuss recent developments regarding a territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela over the Essequibo region...
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This afternoon (30 October), Security Council members are expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia for another year, until 31 October 2024. The negotiations on the draft text in blue...
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Tomorrow morning (19 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing for one year the sanctions regime on Haiti, which includes an arms embargo and targeted assets freeze and travel ban measures. The draft text...
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This afternoon (11 October), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Colombia. Special Representative and head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia Carlos Ruiz Massieu will brief on recent developments and the Secretary-General’s...
