Insights on the work of the UN Security Council
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Tomorrow (12 November), the Security Council is scheduled to vote on a draft resolution renewing for another year the mandate of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and the authorisation for French forces in...
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This afternoon (11 November), Security Council members will discuss the situation in Belarus under “any other business” following the consultations on the Syria chemical weapons track. The meeting was requested by Estonia, France and Ireland with support from the UK...
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Tomorrow (11 November), Security Council members will convene for closed consultations to discuss the situation in Sudan. The meeting was requested by the UK (the penholder on Sudan), Estonia, France, Ireland, Norway, and the US. Special Representative for Sudan and...
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Tomorrow (11 November), Security Council members will hold their monthly meeting on Yemen in closed consultations. Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ramesh Rajasingham are expected to brief. Grundberg is likely to express...
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Tomorrow (10 November), the Security Council will convene for its annual briefing with the heads of police components of UN peace operations. The expected briefers are Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) Police...
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Tomorrow (9 November), the Security Council will hold a high-level open debate on “Exclusion, inequality and conflict” under the agenda item “Maintenance of international peace and security”. One of the signature events of Mexico’s presidency, the meeting will be chaired...
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Tomorrow (8 November), Security Council members will convene for a meeting on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” under “any other business”. Tunisia requested the meeting to discuss the recent designation by Israel of six Palestinian...
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Tomorrow (8 November), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting on Myanmar. The expected briefers are Peter Due, the Director of the Asia and Pacific Division of the UN Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations...
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Tomorrow (8 November), the Security Council is expected to hold a meeting on Ethiopia under the agenda item “Peace and Security in Africa”.* A high-level UN representative and an AU representative are expected to brief. The meeting was requested by...
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Tomorrow (3 November), the Security Council will hold its semi-annual debate on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Council members are also expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the authorisation of the EU-led multinational stabilisation force (EUFOR ALTHEA) for an...
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Mexico is the president of the Security Council in November. The Council adopted its provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (1 November). All meetings are expected to be held in person this month. Mexico has indicated that...
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This morning (29 October), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum on Western Sahara (MINURSO) for another year, until 31 October 2022. The US, the penholder...
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Tomorrow (29 October), Security Council members are expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia until 31 October 2022. The UK, the penholder on Colombia, presented the draft text jointly with...
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Tomorrow (29 October), the Security Council will hold its quarterly briefing, followed by consultations, on Mali. Special Representative and head of the UN Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) El-Ghassim Wane is expected to brief. In addition, France, Kenya and...
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Tomorrow (29 October), Council members are expected to vote on a draft resolution on the protection of education in conflict. Niger and Norway (the chair of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict) co-drafted the resolution and led the...
