What's In Blue: the Middle East
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This afternoon (10 October), Council members will convene for a briefing in consultations from the Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet, Susana Malcorra, on the Secretary-General’s 7 October letter to the Security Council outlining recommendations on the role of the UN in...
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Last night (1 October), a draft presidential statement addressing the humanitarian situation in Syria was put under silence until this morning, potentially setting the stage for the Security Council to adopt the statement as early as today. Council members met...
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The Security Council is poised to unanimously adopt a resolution this evening (27 September) that requires the verification and destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles, calls for the convening of the Geneva II peace talks and endorses the establishment of...
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Friday afternoon (27 September), the Security Council is scheduled to receive a briefing by Jamal Benomar, the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Yemen. The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, and the Foreign Minister...
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Tomorrow (17 September) Robert Serry, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, is scheduled to deliver the regular monthly briefing on the issue to the Security Council. The briefing, which will be followed by closed consultations, will...
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Following a week of fast changing events related to Syria, the Security Council, long stalemated on this issue and on the verge of being sidelined by unilateral military strikes on Syria, may be poised to take centre stage on Syria’s...
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Tomorrow afternoon (5 September) the chair of the 1737 Iran Sanctions Committee, Ambassador Gary Quinlan (Australia), is scheduled to present his 90-day report to the Council on the work of the Committee. The last such briefing (S/PV.6999) was postponed from...
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Following the adoption of the September programme of work tomorrow morning (4 September), Security Council members are scheduled to be briefed by the head of the Department of Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, on his recent visit to the Middle East....
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The P5 members of the Council met this morning (28 August) to discuss a draft resolution on Syria introduced today by the UK. It seems the draft condemns the alleged chemical weapons attack on rebel-held areas in Syria on 21...
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Council members will meet in consultations this afternoon (21 August) to receive a briefing from Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson on today’s attacks on rebel-held areas near Damascus. It seems that France, Luxembourg, Republic of Korea, UK and US requested this...
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Tomorrow morning (20 August) the Council is scheduled to receive a regular monthly briefing on the situation in the Middle East by Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernández-Taranco followed by consultations. The main focus of Fernández-Taranco’s briefing is expected...
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Council members are expected to meet in consultations at 5:30 pm on the situation in Egypt, with Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson expected to brief. The increasingly violent response by the Egyptian army to protests by supporters of ousted President Mohamed...
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Tomorrow morning (26 July) Council members are set to meet with the leadership of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) in a closed Arria Formula session organised by the UK. The delegation will include the recently elected head of the SNC,...
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On Wednesday (24 July), the Security Council is expected to adopt a resolution extending the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) until 31 July 2014. The resolution – which is now in blue -acknowledges changes to UNAMI’s...
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Tomorrow morning (16 July) the Council will hold a public briefing on the humanitarian situation in Syria, to be followed by consultations. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos and High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres will brief via video-conference. Assistant...