Security Council
Meetings Coverage
- By Vote of 14 in Favour with 1 Abstention, Security Council Extends Darfur Operation for One Year, Downsizing It, Shifting Focus to High-risk Areas (31 July 2012)
Deeply concerned by the recent up-tick in violence and insecurity in parts of Darfur, and clashes between Sudanese Government forces and armed groups, the Security Council today extended for one year the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, and approved the Secretary-General’s recommendation to reconfigure the mission so that its personnel focused on areas of the region “with the highest security threats”.
SC/10735 - Security Council Urged to Call for Unified Strategy that Would Restore Legitimate Order in Guinea-Bissau (26 July 2012)
Describing the divergent positions of Guinea-Bissau’s international partners on the transitional process emerging in the country following the 12 April military coup d'état, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative there today appealed to the Security Council to call on them to forge a unified strategy for restoring legitimate order.
SC/10732 - Security Council Extends Mandate of United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire until 31 July 2013, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2062 (2012) (26 July 2012)
The Security Council today, in line with the Secretary-General’s recommendation to reduce the strength of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) by the equivalent of one battalion, adjusted the military component to 8,837 personnel, comprising 8,645 troops and staff officers and 192 military observers, and extended the mandate for another year, until 31 July 2013.
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Press Releases
- Security Council Press Statement on Guinea-Bissau (30 July 2012)
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Néstor Osorio (Colombia):
SC/10734-AFR/2423 - Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Deletes One Individual from Its Sanctions List (27 July 2012)
On 26 July 2012, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the deletion (de-listing) of the entry specified below from the Al-Qaida Sanctions List. The assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1989 (2011) therefore no longer apply to the following entry:
SC/10733 - Security Council Committee Concerning Libya Issues Implementation Assistance Notice on Arms Embargo (26 July 2012)
On 25 July 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya issued the following implementation assistance notice:
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Press Conferences
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Press Conference by Security Council President on Work Programme for July (3 July 2012)
With the crises in Syria and Mali, a broad reassessment of peacebuilding schedules and many peacekeeping mandates coming to term, July looks very busy for the Security Council, the Permanent Representative of Colombia, which will hold the 15‑member body’s rotating presidency for that month, said today.
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Press Conference by Security Council President on Work Programme for June (4 June 2012)
As the Security Council navigated “a very packed schedule” in June, it was critical for the body to maintain “unswerving support” to international mediation efforts in Syria in the face of terrible recent events, the representative of China, which hold’s the Council presidency for the month, said this afternoon.
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Press Conference by Security Council President on Work Programme for May (3 May 2012)
Laying out the programme of work of the Security Council in May, under the first presidency of Azerbaijan, the country’s Permanent Representative this afternoon vowed to work to maintain unity among members for addressing the conflict in Syria and the many other complex situations the body was seized with.
