Week 1: 4 - 8 January 2021

Monday – 4th January

• The Security Council is expected to adopt its provisional programme of work for January 2021. Subject to the adoption of the programme, the following meetings are anticipated:

Tuesday – 5th January

• Monthly meeting on the use of chemical weapons in Syria via videoconference (VTC). High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu is the likely briefer

Wednesday - 6th January

• High-level open debate via VTC on the challenges of maintaining international peace and security in fragile contexts. UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chair of the AU Commission, are expected to brief. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the former President of Liberia, is a possible briefer as well.