What's In Blue: the Middle East
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On Monday (15 July), Ambassador Gary Quinlan (Australia), the chair of the 1737 Iran Sanctions Committee, is scheduled to present the 90-day report of the Committee’s work to the Security Council. This briefing was initially scheduled for 13 June but...
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The Security Council is expected to adopt a presidential statement on Lebanon this week, possibly as early as tomorrow (10 July). The draft statement was discussed following a briefing in consultations by Special Coordinator Derek Plumbly and peacekeeping head Hervé...
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For several days Council members have been trying to agree on a press statement on the ongoing siege of Homs by the Syrian government. A draft press statement was first circulated by Australia and Luxembourg on Tuesday evening (2 July)...
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Tomorrow morning (27 June), the Security Council expects to adopt a resolution, which has been put in blue, transferring the mandate formerly assigned to the High-Level Coordinator for Iraq-Kuwait Missing Persons and Property to the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq...
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Tomorrow morning (26 June), the Security Council is scheduled to adopt a resolution renewing the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for six months.* Russia and the US jointly authored the draft resolution which was circulated on Friday (21 June). Following...
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Tomorrow (21 June), Security Council members are set to meet with Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro and Karen Abu Zayd of the Human Rights Council’s Commission of Inquiry on Syria in a closed “Arria formula” format session organised by Australia. It seems...
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Tomorrow afternoon (20 June), the Security Council is scheduled to hold its twice monthly meeting in consultations on Sudan/South Sudan issues. Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, are expected...
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Tomorrow morning (18 June), the Security Council is scheduled to receive a briefing by Tarek Mitri, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), followed by consultations. The Council will also receive...
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Council members are expecting a briefing in consultations from the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) tomorrow (7 June) on the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) following today’s clashes between the Syrian government and armed opposition near the ceasefire line between...
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Tomorrow (8 May) Council members will be briefed in consultations by Special Envoy Terje Rød-Larsen on the Secretary-General’s latest report on the implementation of resolution 1559. No outcome is expected. The destabilising effects of the spillover from the conflict in...
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Tomorrow morning (30 April) at 9:30 a.m., the Council is expected to hold a private meeting with Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al Hussein, the Permanent Representative of Jordan, on the impact of the influx of Syrian refugees on Jordan. No...
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Two Security Council meetings are scheduled on Syria over the next two days. Tomorrow (18 April) the Council will hold an open briefing on the humanitarian situation in Syria, to be followed by closed consultations. Then on 19 April, Council...
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Tomorrow morning (4 April) Council members will receive a briefing in consultations by Jamal Benomar, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Yemen. (In resolution 2051, the Council requested an update on developments in Yemen every 60 days.) No outcome is expected....
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This morning (26 March), Council members will receive a briefing in consultations from Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous on the most recent report of the Secretary-General on the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights. Ladsous is...
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Tomorrow afternoon (22 March), Council members will meet with the three countries that are currently troop-contributing countries (TCCs) to the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights – Austria, India and the Philippines. (Croatia which had been a...