Security Council
Meetings Coverage
- Taking Up Annual Report of Peacebuilding Commission, Security Council Members Call for Enhanced Cooperation between the Two Bodies (25 November 2009)
The Peacebuilding Commission was the central intergovernmental body mandated with ensuring that the United Nations led in coordinating international efforts to help alleviate the suffering of populations in post-conflict situations, the Commission’s Chairman, Heraldo Muñoz of Chile told the Security Council today.
SC/9797 - Lack of Political Progress in Middle East Has Created Vacuum for Violence, Extremism, Senior Political Affairs Official Tells Security Council (24 November 2009)
International partners were seeking a way out of “a deep and worrying impasse” in the political quest for a Middle East peace as security and economic efforts continued on the ground, Haile Menkerios, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, told the Security Council in a briefing this morning.
SC/9796 - Amid ‘Political Impasse’, Bosnia and Herzegovina at Crossroads in Bid for Euro-Atlantic Integration, Security Council Told (23 November 2009)
Despite a political impasse in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country was at a crossroads in its bid for Euro-Atlantic integration and required continued international support for that effort, Valentin Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, told the Security Council today.
SC/9795
Press Releases
- Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee Approves Amendments to Entry of One Individual on Consolidated List (18 November 2009)
On 17 November 2009, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the amendments specified with strikethrough and underline in the entry below to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
SC/9794 - Security Council Press Statement on Lord’s Resistance Army (17 November 2009)
The following press statement on the Lord’s Resistance Army was issued today by Council President Thomas Mayr-Harting (Austria):
SC/9791-AFR/1908 - Security Council Press Statement on Somalia (16 November 2009)
The following Security Council press statement on Somalia was read out today by Council President Thomas Mayr-Harting ( Austria):
SC/9790-AFR/1907
Press Conferences
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Press Conference on Security Council’s November Work Programme (3 November 2009)
This month’s President of the Security Council, Thomas Mayr-Harting from Austria, today briefed correspondents on November’s programme of work, which will include a debate on protection of civilians in armed conflict chaired by Austria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs.
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Press Conference by Security Council President on October Work Programme (2 October 2009)
During the month of October, the Security Council would hold two open debates in which non-Council Member States could participate, respectively, on “women, peace and security” and on the situation in the Middle East, Council President Le Luong Minh, the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam, said today.
