Insights on the work of the UN Security Council
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Council members met this afternoon (11 April) at expert level to discuss a draft presidential statement circulated following consultations this morning that focused on Abyei and the tensions between Sudan and South Sudan. During the consultations, Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary-General...
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Council members are scheduled to meet in consultations tomorrow morning (11 April) to discuss the most recent Secretary-General’s report on the situation in Abyei (S/2012/175), the disputed territory straddling Sudan and South Sudan. Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations,...
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Following recent developments in Mali over the weekend, today(10 April)France has circulated a draft press statement which apparently welcomes the 6 April Framework Agreement on the restoration of constitutional order in Mali and expresses support for the efforts made by...
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Tomorrow (10 April) during consultations Council members will be updated on developments in Myanmar by the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar. (Nambiar most recently visited Myanmar from 12 – 17 February, his third since the inauguration...
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Tomorrow, (10 April), Martin Kobler, head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), is scheduled to brief the Council, followed by consultations among members. This is the second time the Council will receive a briefing from Kobler, who assumed...
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Following a briefing by Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan during consultations on Monday (2 April), Council members have been working on a draft presidential statement on Syria and may meet either later today (4 April) or tomorrow morning to adopt...
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April has begun on a busy note for the Council. Yesterday (2 April), Council members were briefed by the Joint Special Envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, in consultations. This morning, Council members had consultations on the programme of work for...
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The annual Security Council Retreat with the Secretary-General begins this evening (3 April), with a full day of discussions tomorrow (4 April). The Secretary-General and senior staff of the UN Secretariat will meet with Security Council members, represented at the...
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Tomorrow (3 April), following consultations on the programme of work for the month of April, it is likely that Council members will be briefed on Mali by DPA head, B.Lynn Pascoe. Apparently Council members are expecting a draft statement –...
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On Monday (2 April) the UN-Arab League Special Envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, will brief Council members in consultations by videoconference on his mediation efforts. Council members are likely to be interested in Annan’s recent visits to Moscow and Beijing...
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The Council is scheduled to adopt a presidential statement on Yemen this morning (29 March). The draft was circulated at expert level on Monday evening (26 March) and went into silence yesterday until 9 am this morning. The Council’s main...
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Council members are scheduled to meet in consultations tomorrow morning (29 March) to discuss Cyprus. Alexander Downer, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus, is set to brief members via video-conference on recent negotiations on Cyprus. He has been meeting with,...
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On Wednesday (28 March), Joseph Mutaboba, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Guinea-Bissau, is scheduled to brief the Council via video-conference on recent developments in the country. This will be followed by consultations among Council members. Mutaboba’s briefing is likely to...
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This morning (27 March) the US circulated a draft press statement expressing Council members’ concern over the military clashes in regions bordering Sudan and South Sudan. The draft press statement also demands that all parties cease military operations in the...
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Tomorrow morning (27 March), the Council will be briefed by Robert Serry, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. Serry is likely to focus on developments in the Quartet’s efforts to create sufficient momentum for direct Israeli-Palestinian...
