Insights on the work of the UN Security Council
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Tomorrow afternoon (22 January), Council members will likely be updated by Jeffrey Feltman, head of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA), on developments in Mali, including on funding options for the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA). It is...
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Tomorrow morning (22 January) Council members will be briefed in consultations by Mariano Fernández Amunátegui (Chile), the outgoing Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Although no outcome was anticipated at press...
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Tomorrow morning (22 January), Council members are scheduled to hold consultations on relations between Sudan and South Sudan, in accordance with resolution 2046 (2 May 2012). Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping, is likely to brief. A variety of issues is...
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On Monday (21 January), the Security Council is scheduled to hold an open debate entitled “UN Peacekeeping: a multi-dimensional approach.” Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary, Jalil Abbas Jilani, is expected to chair the meeting and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is set to brief....
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Security Council members will be briefed in consultations at 11 a.m. tomorrow (18 January) on the situation in Syria by High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay and Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos. It seems that France, the...
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Tomorrow afternoon (17 January), the Security Council will be briefed by Albert Gerard Koenders, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), followed by consultations. It seems that a press statement may be...
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Tomorrow (15 January), the Security Council will hold an open debate on a comprehensive approach to counter-terrorism, with a presidential statement set to be adopted. The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Hina Rabbani Khar, is expected to preside, with several other...
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Council members will meet this afternoon (14 January) at France’s request to discuss developments in Mali. France is expected to brief Council members on “Opération Serval” launched Friday (11 January) in Mali and it is likely that Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General...
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Tomorrow morning (Friday, 11 January), the Council will be briefed by Margaret Vogt, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA) via videoconference from Libreville, Gabon. Vogt is set to...
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This afternoon (8 January) Council members will be briefed in consultations by Hervé Ladsous, head of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO). The...
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Tomorrow morning (Tuesday, 8 January), the Security Council is scheduled to discuss Sudan/South Sudan issues in consultations. Haile Menkerios, the UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Sudan and South Sudan, and John Ging, the Director of the Coordination and...
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The Security Council begins the new year with a programme of work that combines open debates on peacekeeping and counter-terrorism with a number of regular briefings, consultations, mission renewals and debates, as well as a possible visiting mission to Yemen....
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Thursday afternoon (3 January) Council members are expecting a briefing in consultations, most likely by Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the offensive by the Seleka rebel alliance. At press...
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A draft resolution on Mali, the first version of which France circulated on 5 December, is now in blue and scheduled for adoption this afternoon. It went under silence procedure yesterday evening (19 December) following intense bilateral discussions between the...
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Tomorrow (20 December), the Security Council expects to hold an open debate on post-conflict peacebuilding, where Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is set to present his 8 October report (S/2012/746). Ambassador A.K. Abdul Momen (Bangladesh), the chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC),...
