What's In Blue: Syria
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This afternoon (5 February), the Security Council will hold a briefing on recent US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria under the “threats to international peace and security” agenda item. The meeting was requested by Russia. Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding...
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Tomorrow morning (21 December), the Security Council will hold a briefing on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and OCHA’s Director of the Humanitarian Financing and Resource Mobilization Division Lisa Doughten are expected...
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This afternoon (27 September), the Security Council will hold a briefing on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria. Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and Director of OCHA’s Operations and Advocacy Division Edem Wosornu are expected to brief...
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On Monday afternoon (21 August), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting, followed by closed consultations, to discuss the humanitarian situation in Syria. Brazil and Switzerland, the co-penholders on the Syria humanitarian file, requested the meeting. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian...
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Tomorrow morning (17 July), the Security Council will convene for a private meeting followed by closed consultations to discuss the humanitarian situation in Syria. Brazil and Switzerland, the co-penholders on the Syria humanitarian file, requested the closed consultations; afterwards, Russia...
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This morning (11 July), the Security Council is scheduled to vote on the reauthorisation of the Syria cross-border humanitarian aid delivery mechanism authorised under resolution 2672 of 9 January. At the time of writing, it appears that Council members will...
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Tomorrow morning (29 June), Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths are expected to provide the monthly briefings on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria, respectively. Consultations are scheduled to follow. This...
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Tomorrow morning (24 March), there will be an Arria-formula meeting organised by Russia, titled “Risks Stemming from the Politicization of the activities of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons [OPCW]”. Ali Asghar Soltanieh, the President of the Vienna...
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Tomorrow morning (23 March), Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and OCHA Acting Director of Operations and Advocacy Tareq Talahma are expected to provide the monthly briefings on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria, respectively. Consultations are scheduled to...
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This morning (22 February), following the meeting on Somalia, Security Council members are expected to hold a meeting on Syria under “any other business”. The US requested the meeting to discuss recent developments and the humanitarian situation in the country...
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Tomorrow morning (16 February), Security Council members will hold an informal interactive dialogue (IID) on Syria. (IIDs are informal closed meetings that allow for the participation of non-Council members. There are no meeting records of IIDs, and they are not included in...
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This afternoon (13 February), the Security Council will hold a private meeting, followed by closed consultations, to discuss the humanitarian situation in Syria after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck south-east Türkiye and north Syria on 6 February. Brazil and Switzerland,...
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Tomorrow morning (7 February), the Security Council is expected to hold an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the Syria chemical weapons track. The meeting is the regular monthly meeting on the implementation of resolution 2118 of 27 September...
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Tomorrow morning (25 January), Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen and OCHA Acting Director of Operations and Advocacy Ghada Eltahir Mudawi are expected to provide the monthly briefings on the political and humanitarian situations in Syria, respectively. Consultations are scheduled...
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Tomorrow morning (9 January), the Security Council is scheduled to vote on a draft resolution extending the authorisation for the Syria cross-border aid mechanism for an additional six months, until 10 July. (The authorisation allows the delivery of humanitarian assistance...
