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What's In Blue: Syria

  • 10 July 2020

    Syria: Vote on Third Draft Resolution on Cross-Border Humanitarian Access

    Today (10 July) the Security Council will announce the results of a vote on a draft resolution authorising cross-border and cross-line humanitarian access in Syria. The draft resolution in blue, which was circulated yesterday at 1300 hours by the humanitarian... Tags: Insights of the Middle East, Syria

  • 8 July 2020

    Syria: Vote on Second Draft Resolution on Cross-Border Humanitarian Access

    This evening (8 July) the Security Council will announce the results of a vote on a draft resolution authorising cross-border and cross-line humanitarian access in Syria. The draft resolution in blue, which was circulated yesterday by the Russian Federation, is... Tags: Insights on Middle East, Syria

  • 7 July 2020

    Syria: Vote on Cross Border Humanitarian Access Draft Resolution

    This afternoon (7 July) the Security Council will announce the results of a vote on a draft resolution authorising cross-border and cross-line humanitarian access in Syria. Under an agreement reached on 27 March, due to the COVID-19 pandemic Council members... Tags: Insights on Middle East, Syria

  • 27 June 2020

    Syria: Humanitarian Briefing via VTC

    On Monday (29 June), Security Council members will convene an open videoconferencing (VTC) meeting, followed by a closed VTC session, on the humanitarian situation in Syria. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock is scheduled to brief. Susannah Sirkin, a civil... Tags: Insights of the Middle East, Syria

  • 15 June 2020

    Syria: Political Informal Meeting via Videoconferencing

    Tomorrow (16 June), Security Council members will convene an open videoconferencing (VTC) meeting, followed by a closed VTC session, on the political situation in Syria. Special Envoy Geir O. Pedersen is expected to brief on the political situation. Noura Ghazi,... Tags: Insights on Middle East, Syria

  • 16 May 2020

    Syria: Political and Humanitarian Informal Meetings via Videoconferencing

    On Monday (18 May) and Tuesday (19 May), Security Council members will convene two separate open videoconferencing (VTC) meetings, followed by closed VTC sessions, on the political and humanitarian situation in Syria, respectively. Special Envoy Geir O. Pedersen is expected... Tags: Insights on the Middle East, Syria

  • 11 May 2020

    Syria: Informal Interactive Dialogue on Chemical Weapons

    Tomorrow (12 May), Security Council members are expected to hold an Informal Interactive Dialogue (IID) on chemical weapons in Syria with Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Director-General Fernando Arias, Coordinator of the OPCW’s Investigation and Identification Team... Tags: Chemical weapons, Insights on Middle East, Syria

  • 28 April 2020

    Syria: Political and Humanitarian Informal Meetings via Videoconferencing

    Tomorrow (29 April), Security Council members will convene two separate videoconferencing meetings on the Syria political and humanitarian situations, respectively. Special Envoy Geir O. Pedersen is expected to brief on the political situation in the morning, while Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian... Tags: Insights on Middle East, Syria

  • 14 April 2020

    Syria: Closed VTC Meeting on Chemical Weapons

    Tomorrow (15 April), Security Council members will hold a closed VTC meeting with the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, on the use of chemical weapons in Syria. While this is the monthly meeting on the implementation of resolution... Tags: Chemical weapons, Insights on Middle East, Syria

  • 28 March 2020

    Syria: Joint Political and Humanitarian Informal Meeting via Videoconferencing

    On Monday morning (30 March), Security Council members will convene an informal videoconference meeting on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. Special Envoy Geir O. Pedersen and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock are expected to brief. This is... Tags: Insights on the Middle East, Syria

  • 28 February 2020

    Syria: Briefing on Idlib

    This afternoon (28 February), the Security Council is planning to hold an emergency meeting on the situation in Idlib. It seems that an official from the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, most likely Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, will provide... Tags: Insights, Insights on the Middle East, Syria

  • 26 February 2020

    Syria Humanitarian Briefing

    Tomorrow (27 February) Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ursula Mueller is expected to brief the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria. Henrietta Fore, the Executive Director of UNICEF, is also expected to brief. While the discussion is expected... Tags: Insights, Insights on the Middle East, Syria

  • 18 February 2020

    Syria Political Briefing and Arria-formula Meeting with the Commission of Inquiry

    Tomorrow morning (19 February) Special Envoy Geir O. Pedersen is expected to brief the Security Council on the political track on Syria via video-teleconference from Geneva. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock may brief as well. In the afternoon, an... Tags: Insights, Insights on the Middle East, Syria

  • 20 January 2020

    Arria-formula Meeting on Syria Chemical Weapons

    Today (20 January), Russia will hold an open Arria-formula meeting titled “Implementation of Security Council Resolution 2118: OPCW Fact Finding Mission (FFM) Report on Douma”. It is rare for Russia to organise an Arria-formula meeting. Since the start of the... Tags: Arria formula, Chemical weapons, Insights on Middle East, OPCW, Syria

  • 10 January 2020

    Syria: Vote on Competing Humanitarian Draft Resolutions*

    This afternoon (10 January) the Security Council will vote on two draft resolutions authorising cross-border and cross-line humanitarian access in Syria: the first produced by Belgium and Germany (the humanitarian co-penholders) and the second by Russia. There has also been... Tags: Insights on Middle East, Syria

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