Insights on the work of the UN Security Council
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Tomorrow (13 March), the Security Council will hold an open debate on “Promoting Conflict Prevention – Empowering All Actors Including Women and Youth” under the “Peacebuilding and sustaining peace” agenda item. Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo and...
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Tomorrow afternoon (12 March), Switzerland will convene a Security Council Arria-formula meeting on leveraging the synergies between the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) framework. President of...
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Mr President, Thank you for inviting Security Council Report to address this open debate on working methods. SCR extends our appreciation to Japan as Council President and as the Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural...
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Tomorrow afternoon (11 March), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten is expected to brief....
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Tomorrow (11 March), the Security Council will convene for its annual open debate on its working methods. The meeting will be held under the agenda item “Implementation of the Note by the President of the Security Council (S/2017/507)”, referring to...
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This afternoon (8 March), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Sudan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which starts on 10 March. The draft text was...
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This afternoon (8 March), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 1591 Sudan Sanctions Committee for another year, until 12 March 2025. The vote on the draft resolution...
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Tomorrow morning (7 March), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the Secretary-General’s report (S/2024/204) on “UN efforts to support Sudan on its path towards peace and stability”, submitted in accordance with resolution 2715...
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This morning (6 March), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing on Afghanistan. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Roza Otunbayeva is expected to provide an update on political,...
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Tomorrow afternoon (6 March), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting on Haiti. Ecuador and the US, the penholders on Haiti, requested the meeting to discuss the most recent escalation of gang violence in the country. An official...
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Tomorrow morning (5 March), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the situation in South Sudan and the Secretary-General’s most recent 90-day report on the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), which was...
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Japan is the president of the Security Council in March. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (1 March). As one of the signature events of its presidency, Japan will organise an open debate...
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This afternoon (27 February), the Security Council will hold a briefing on food insecurity in Gaza under the “Protection of civilians in armed conflict” agenda item. Briefings are expected from OCHA Head in Geneva and Director of the Coordination Division...
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Tomorrow morning (27 February), UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen (via videoconference) and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths are expected to brief the Council on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria, respectively. Closed consultations are scheduled...
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Tomorrow morning (26 February), the Security Council will hold a private meeting on Afghanistan, at which Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo is expected to brief. The meeting is being held in accordance with resolution 2721 of 29...