Insights on the work of the UN Security Council
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Tomorrow morning (20 November), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting on Myanmar. The UK, the penholder on the file and the Council’s president in November, scheduled the meeting. Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar Julie Bishop...
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Tomorrow afternoon (20 November), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Haiti. The meeting was requested by China and Russia to discuss a proposal by Ecuador and the US—the co-penholders on Haiti—to transform the...
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Tomorrow morning (18 November), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution aimed at advancing measures to protect civilians in Sudan. It demands that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) honour and...
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Tomorrow afternoon (18 November), the Security Council will convene for a high-level briefing on Ukraine. The meeting, which is a signature event of the UK’s November Council presidency, will mark 1,000 days since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in...
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On Monday morning (18 November), the Security Council will convene for a briefing under “The situation in the Middle East” agenda item titled “ending the war and securing durable peace”. One of the signature events of the UK’s November Council...
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Tomorrow (14 November), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) for another year, until 15 November 2025. (Abyei is the disputed area along the...
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Tomorrow morning (14 November), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) for another year, until 15 November 2025. France, the penholder on...
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Tomorrow morning (14 November), the Security Council will convene for the annual open briefing on the work of its counter-terrorism-related committees. The expected briefers are Ambassador Vanessa Frazier (Malta), chair of the 1267/1989/2253 Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...
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Tomorrow morning (13 November), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the 2140 Yemen sanctions regime—comprising targeted financial and travel ban measures—for another year, until 15 November 2025. (The targeted arms embargo on the Houthi...
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Tomorrow afternoon (12 November), the Security Council will hold a briefing under the “Protection of civilians in armed conflict” agenda item to discuss the risk of famine in northern Gaza. Guyana and Switzerland, the Council’s co-focal points on conflict and...
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Tomorrow morning (12 November), the Security Council will convene for a high-level briefing on the situation in Sudan. The UK’s Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Africa, Lord Collins of Highbury, will chair the meeting. Briefings are expected from Under-Secretary-General for...
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Tomorrow morning (8 November), the Security Council will convene for a briefing on “threats posed by ransomware attacks against hospitals and other healthcare facilities and services”. The meeting, which will be held under the “Threats to international peace and security”...
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Tomorrow morning (7 November), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of UNMISS Nicholas Haysom will brief on the Secretary-General’s latest 90-day...
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The UK is the president of the Security Council in November. Council members were unable to reach agreement on the provisional programme of work for the month, due to Russia’s apparent objection to the inclusion of Ukraine on the programme. Instead, the...
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This afternoon (1 November), the Security Council is set to adopt a presidential statement on the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) that expresses support for the regional office’s work. The draft text was initiated by Mozambique and the...
