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Ireland and the UN Security Council - This Week: Week 6

Week 6: 8-12 February 2021

Recent developments at the UNSC

  • The Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement on UNOWAS (West Africa and the Sahel) on 3 February, the first under Ireland’s co-penholdership of this file with Niger. The statement underscored the importance of addressing the conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism and violent extremism in West Africa and the Sahel, as well as the need for a holistic approach to address the causes of intercommunal violence in the region.
  • Ireland raised the situation of Ethiopia at the Security Council on 3 February under A.O.B, drawing attention to the dire and deteriorating humanitarian situation in Tigray.
  • The Security Council convened a special meeting on Myanmar on 2 February in the aftermath of the military coup, which took place on 1 February. UN Special Envoy for Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, addressed ambassadors during a closed meeting held the day after Myanmar’s military seized power and urged Council members to collectively send a clear signal in support of democracy in Myanmar.

Monday – 8th February

  • No official meetings scheduled.

Tuesday – 9th February

  • Briefing on the political situation in Syria with Special Envoy Geir Pedersen.

Wednesday – 10th February

  • Vote on a resolution extending the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 1591 Sudan Sanctions Committee.
  • Briefing from Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov, the head of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, and Assistant Secretary-General Michèle Coninsx, the Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, on the Secretary-General’s 12th strategic-level report on the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or Da’esh).

Thursday – 11th February

  • Briefing on Ukraine with Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo; Heidi Grau, the Special Representative of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Chairperson-in-Office; and Halit Çevik, the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.

Friday – 12th February

  • No official meetings scheduled.