What's In Blue: Sanctions
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This afternoon (16 January), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the Panel of Experts (PoE) of the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee and the authorisation of measures contained in resolution 2146 of 19 March 2014 related...
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Tomorrow morning (13 December), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the mandate of the Monitoring Team supporting the 1988 Afghanistan Sanctions Committee, which was last renewed by resolution 2716 of 14 December 2023. The...
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Tomorrow morning (13 December), the Security Council is expected to hold a meeting under the agenda item “Peace and security in Africa” to vote on a draft resolution concerning the 2713 Al-Shabaab sanctions regime. The draft text, which was authored...
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Tomorrow morning (6 December), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the application of resolution 2664—which established a humanitarian carve-out to the asset freeze measures imposed by UN sanctions regimes—to the 1267/1989/2253 Islamic State in Iraq and the...
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This afternoon (25 November), Russia will convene an Arria-formula meeting on the humanitarian impact of unilateral coercive measures (UCMs). The expected briefers are Alena Douhan, UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of UCMs on the enjoyment of human rights;...
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Tomorrow morning (11 September), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the 1591 Sudan sanctions regime—including targeted sanctions (assets freezes and travel bans) and an arms embargo—until 12 September 2025. The short draft resolution in...
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On Friday afternoon (19 July), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution co-penned by Malta and the US strengthening the mandate of the Focal Point for Delisting, which was established by resolution 1730 of 19 December 2006 to...
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Tomorrow morning (16 April), the Security Council will hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the situation in Libya. Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Abdoulaye Bathily will brief on the latest political,...
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Tomorrow morning (28 March), the Security Council is scheduled to vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 1718 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee. The vote was originally scheduled for...
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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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Yesterday (27 July), the Security Council adopted resolution 2693, extending the sanctions measures on the Central African Republic (CAR) until 31 July 2024 and the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 2127 CAR Sanctions Committee until 31 August 2024. Thirteen...
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Tomorrow morning (2 June), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing for one year the authorisation for member states, acting nationally or through regional organisations, to inspect vessels on the high seas off the coast...
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This afternoon (23 March), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 1718 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee. The US, the penholder on the...
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Today (9 December), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution establishing a “humanitarian carve-out” to the asset freeze measures imposed by UN sanctions regimes. (The carve-out is also referred to as a standing humanitarian exception or...
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Tomorrow (17 November) at 2:30 pm EST, the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing for one year the 751 Somalia sanctions regime, including the authorisation for maritime interdiction to enforce the embargo on illicit arms imports, the...
