Insights on the work of the UN Security Council
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Tomorrow (22 January ), weather conditions permitting, Council members will be briefed in consultations by Lisa Buttenheim, the Secretary General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). In addition, Alexander Downer, the Special Adviser to...
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Tomorrow, 21 January, Council members are expected to receive a briefing in consultations from Miroslav Jenča, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA). As has become common...
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On Friday morning (17 January), Security Council members are set to hold a closed Arria formula meeting, organised by Luxembourg and the UK, focusing on women’s participation in resolving the Syrian conflict. The panelists will be representatives of the Syrian...
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Tomorrow morning (16 January), the Security Council is scheduled to receive a briefing by Albert Gerard Koenders, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), followed by consultations. Although at...
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This afternoon (9 January), Special Representative and head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Nickolay Mladenov will brief Council members in consultations via video-teleconference on the deteriorating security situation in Iraq, and more specifically in Fallujah and Ramadi...
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Tomorrow morning the Council is scheduled to hold consultations on Sudan and South Sudan and the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Haile Menkerios, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan and South Sudan and head of the UN...
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Last night (7 January), the UK circulated a draft press statement on Syrian government airstrikes against Aleppo which began on 15 December 2013. The draft is under silence until 4:00 this afternoon. The draft press statement expresses outrage over the...
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Tomorrow (8 January), Sigrid Kaag, the Special Coordinator of the joint mission of the UN and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), will brief Council members in consultations on the third monthly report (S/2013/774) on the implementation...
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The Security Council’s programme of work for January 2014 consists largely of regular briefings, consultations, mandate renewals and debates. In addition, Jordan, the President of the Security Council for January, has chosen to hold an open debate on “War, its...
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The Security Council is scheduled to hold consultations on South Sudan on Monday (30 December) at 10 am. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Hilde Johnson is expected to brief, supported...
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This afternoon (24 December), the Security Council is scheduled to adopt a resolution authorising an increase in the military and police capacity of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). The draft resolution, which was circulated yesterday, is a response...
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Tomorrow morning (20 December) Council members are scheduled to hold consultations on South Sudan with Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet expected to brief. At press time, it was unclear whether a Council outcome would result from the meeting,...
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Tomorrow (18 December), the Security Council plans to hold a briefing on drug trafficking in West Africa and the Sahel. The Secretary-General will address the Council, which will also hear briefings from the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the...
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Tomorrow (18 December), the Security Council is scheduled to adopt a resolution renewing the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights for six months. Russia and the US jointly authored the draft resolution which was circulated on Thursday...
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This afternoon (17 December), the Security Council is set to adopt a resolution renewing the mandate of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) for four years. It seems that the draft resolution was circulated by the US to all the...
