- 3 February 2020
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Tomorrow (4 February), the Security
Council is expected to meet in consultations for a briefing on Myanmar from
Mohamed Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia
and the Pacific. It seems that there was interest in also having...
- 29 January 2020
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Tomorrow (30 January), the
Security Council will hold a briefing on cooperation between the UN and the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This will be the first Council
meeting focused on cooperation with ASEAN. Secretary-General António Guterres
and ASEAN...
- 20 August 2019
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Council members will hold two
meetings in the coming days on the situation in Myanmar. Tomorrow (21 August),
Council members will discuss the return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar under
“any other business”. The meeting was requested by Belgium, France,...
- 1 July 2019
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Tomorrow (2 July), Special Envoy
Christine Schraner Burgener will brief Council members on Myanmar during
“any other business”. Council members last heard from Burgener on 28
February, following her visits to Bangladesh and Myanmar (S/PV.8477). At an
informal meeting of the...
- 27 February 2019
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Tomorrow afternoon (28 February),
Special Envoy Christine Schraner Burgener will brief the Security Council on
her recent visits to Myanmar and Bangladesh. The briefing will be followed by
consultations where members will be able to have a more interactive
discussion...
- February 2019
Monthly Forecast
Expected Council Action The
Council anticipates a possible briefing in February on the situation in Myanmar
from Special Envoy Christine Schraner Burgener, who visited the country at the
end of January. There may also be interest in hearing from UNICEF...
- 16 January 2019
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Security Council members will be
briefed on latest developments in Myanmar in consultations later this morning.
The briefers will be Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding
Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo, High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, and
Assistant Secretary-General and Director of...
- 23 October 2018
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Tomorrow (24 October), the
Security Council is scheduled to receive a briefing from Marzuki Darusman, the
chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, on the
Mission’s report, which was released on 27 August. The Fact-Finding Mission,
established by...
- 27 August 2018
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Tomorrow (28 August), the
Security Council will be briefed by Secretary-General António Guterres, UNHCR
Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett, and UN Development Programme (UNDP)
Associate Administrator Tegegnework Gettu on the situation in Myanmar and the
Rohingya refugee crisis. The UK Minister...
- August 2018
Monthly Forecast
In August, the Council is
expected to hold a public meeting on the situation in Myanmar, one year after
the 25 August 2017 attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army on security
posts and the violent reaction by the Myanmar military forces that led to over
750,000 persons fleeing to Bangladesh. Secretary-General António Guterres, who
has recently returned from Bangladesh, is expected to brief. The meeting will
likely be chaired by a UK minister; a civil society briefer may also address
the Council.
- 20 July 2018
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On Monday (23 July), Council
members will meet in consultations to discuss a number of issues related to the
situation in Myanmar and the Rohingya refugee crisis. Briefings are expected
from Special Envoy Christine Burgener; Volker Türk, the Assistant High...
- July 2018
Monthly Forecast
In July, Council members expect
to hold consultations on Myanmar. Possible briefers include the
Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, who
was in Myanmar from 12 to 21 June, and High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo
Grandi.
- 11 May 2018
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On Monday (14 May), the Security
Council will be briefed by Ambassador Mansour Al Otaibi (Kuwait), Ambassador
Gustavo Meza Cuadra Velásquez (Peru) and Ambassador Karen Pierce (UK), the
three co-leads on the Council’s visiting mission to Bangladesh and Myanmar
from...
- 2 May 2018
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2 May 2018: The final day of the
Council mission (Tuesday) saw the delegation visiting Rakhine State before
heading back to New York. The day started with a short flight to Sittwe, the
capital of Rakhine State. Upon landing members...
- 30 April 2018
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The Security Council delegation
began their day by meeting the Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Mansour
Al-Otaibi (Kuwait), one of the co-leads of the visiting mission, introduced
members of the delegation and said that the Council is determined to send...
- 29 April 2018
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Following a stopover in Kuwait
City, which included a dinner hosted by the Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and
Foreign Minister, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah, the Council delegation travelled
to Cox’s Bazar, its first stop on the visiting mission. Meetings with...
- 27 April 2018
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The Security Council embarked on
a visiting mission to Bangladesh and Myanmar yesterday evening (26 April). The
first stop for the delegation is Kuwait City, where the Kuwaiti Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah...
- 12 February 2018
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On Tuesday (13 February), the
Council will be briefed by High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi (via
VTC) and Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Miroslav Jenča. This
will be followed by consultations where, in addition to Grandi and Jenča,
representatives...
- 11 December 2017
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Tomorrow (12 December), the
Security Council will be briefed by the Under-Secretary-General for Political
Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and Special Representative for Sexual Violence in
Conflict Pramila Patten on developments in Myanmar. This will be followed by
consultations where, besides Feltman...
- December 2017
Monthly Forecast
The Council is expected to have a
briefing and hold consultations on the situation in Rakhine. The presidential
statement on the situation adopted on 6 November requested the
Secretary-General to brief on developments 30 days after the adoption. Any
further Council action will depend on its assessment of developments over the
last month.
- 6 November 2017
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This afternoon, the Council is
expected to adopt a presidential statement on the situation in Myanmar, focused
on the widespread violence and the displacement of more than 600,000 people,
largely from the Rohingya community, since the attacks on 24 August...
- 12 October 2017
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Tomorrow afternoon (13 October),
Council members will hold an Arria-formula meeting, initiated by France and the
UK, on the situation in Myanmar. Following opening remarks by France and the
UK, former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is expected to brief in...
- 27 September 2017
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Tomorrow (28 September), UN
Secretary-General António Guterres will brief the Council on the crisis in
Myanmar at the request of Egypt, France, Kazakhstan, Senegal, Sweden, the
United Kingdom and the United States. Myanmar’s national security adviser,
Thaung Tun, and a...
- 12 September 2017
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Tomorrow morning (13 September),
at the request of Sweden and the United Kingdom, Council members will be
briefed by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman under
“any other business” on the deteriorating situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
It seems that...
- 30 August 2017
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This morning (30 August), at the
request of the UK, Council members will be briefed under “any other business”
on the situation in Myanmar by Assistant Secretary-General for Political
Affairs Miroslav Jenča. The focus of the briefing will be the...
- 16 March 2017
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Tomorrow morning (17 March), at
the request of the UK, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman
is scheduled to brief Council members on the situation in Myanmar during
informal consultations under “any other business”. A representative from the
Office of...
- 24 February 2016
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Tomorrow afternoon (25 February),
at the request of the UK, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Myanmar,
Vijay Nambiar, is scheduled to brief Council members during informal
consultations under “any other business” (AOB). A representative from the
Office of the High...
- 17 November 2015
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On Thursday (19 November) during
consultations, there will be a briefing by the Secretary-General’s Special
Advisor on Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar, under “any other business” on the 8 November
elections in Myanmar, at the request of the UK. This will be...
- 27 August 2015
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Tomorrow (28) August, at the
request of the UK, Council members will be briefed during informal
consultations by the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Myanmar, Vijay
Nambiar, during “Any Other Business” (AOB). Nambiar, who last briefed the
Council in April, was...
- 27 May 2015
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Tomorrow morning (28 May), under
“any other business” following consultations on Sudan sanctions and the 1718
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Committee, the High Commissioner for
Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, is scheduled to brief Council members via
video...
- 16 April 2014
What's in Blue
Tomorrow morning (17 April), the
Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar, will brief
Council members during informal consultations under “any other business”. It
appears that the UK requested a briefing on the situation in Myanmar as it has
been...
- 27 November 2013
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Members of the Working Group on
Children and Armed Conflict, led by its chair, Ambassador Sylvie Lucas
(Luxembourg), will be visiting Myanmar from 1 – 4 December. The delegation is
expected to convey key messages from their conclusions on the...
- 16 April 2013
What's in Blue
This afternoon the
Secretary-General’s Special Advisor for Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar, is set to brief
Council members in consultations on the situation in Myanmar. Nambiar is
expected to report on his 21-25 March visit to the country. It appears that
the...
- 19 June 2012
What's in Blue
Tomorrow afternoon (20 June),
Council members will be updated on developments in Myanmar by the Special
Adviser to the Secretary-General on Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar, who recently
returned from a visit to the country. (Nambiar’s previous visit had been in
early...
- 9 April 2012
What's in Blue
Tomorrow (10 April) during
consultations Council members will be updated on developments in Myanmar by the
Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar. (Nambiar
most recently visited Myanmar from 12 – 17 February, his third since the
inauguration...
- 11 November 2011
What's in Blue
On Monday (14 November) Council
members will be updated on developments in Myanmar by Special Adviser to the
Secretary-General for Myanmar, Vijay Nambiar, who visited Myanmar from 31
October – 4 November. (It was Nambiar’s third visit since last year’s...
- 3 December 2010
Update Report
The Council expects to be briefed
in informal consultations on Monday, 6 December by Vijay Nambiar, the Special
Advisor to the Secretary-General, on his visit to Myanmar from 27 to 28
November. Council members were last briefed by him on 18 November following the
7 November elections and 13 November release of Aung San Suu Kyi.
- 17 November 2010
Update Report
On 18 November the Council is
expected to be briefed in consultations on recent developments in Myanmar
byVijay Nambiar, the Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet, who has also served
as the Secretary-General’s acting advisor on Myanmar.
- 23 March 2010
Update Report
Council members on 23 March
discussed the need for a briefing on Myanmar and requested a briefing
in informal consultations on 24 March. At press time it was unclear how the
Secretariat was preparing to respond to the request from the Council. Some
members were expecting to hear from Vijay Nambiar, the
Secretary-General’s
- 11 August 2009
Update Report
At the time of writing the
Council was expected to meet this afternoon to discuss the situation in Myanmar
and the implications of Aung San Suu Kyi being sentenced to a further 18 months
of house arrest after an 86 day trial.
- 19 May 2009
Update Report
The Council is currently
negotiating a possible statement reacting to the ongoing trial of Aung San Suu
Kyii. If there is agreement on language and the type of statement (i.e. press
or presidential) the Council may meet 20 May.
- February 2009
Monthly Forecast
The Council is expected to ask
the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari, for a
briefing in the latter half of February after his visit to Myanmar (at press
time his visit was expected from 31 January to 3 February). Gambari is also
expected to visit other countries in the region and brief the Secretary-General
(who will be in Delhi in early February) before coming back to New York in
mid-February.
- 10 September 2008
Update Report
The Council is expected to
receive a briefing on 11 September in a closed session from Ibrahim Gambari,
the Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on Myanmar. Gambari visited Myanmar
from 18-23 August 2008. This is his first visit since the May national
referendum which ratified the draft constitution.
- 14 May 2008
Update Report
The Council has been discussing,
both at the experts level and in informal consultations, the humanitarian situation
in Myanmar since Cyclone Nargis struck the country on 2 May 2008.
- 18 March 2008
Update Report
The Council is expecting a
briefing on 18 March by Ibrahim Gambari, the Secretary-General’s Special
Advisor on Myanmar, followed by Council consultations. He has just returned
from a four day trip to Myanmar as well as earlier visits to a number of countries
in the region. (In February, he met leaders in Beijing, Jakarta, Singapore and
Tokyo.)
- · 12 November 2007
Update Report No. 3: Myanmar
Update ReportThe Secretary-General’s Special Advisor on Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari is expected to brief the Council on 13 November on his most recent visit to Myanmar which took place from 3 to 8 November.
- · November 2007
Myanmar
Monthly ForecastThe Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari is expected to brief the Council again in November after his visit to Myanmar (which at press time was expected in early November).
- · 4 October 2007
Update Report No. 1: Myanmar
Update ReportThe Secretary-General's Special Advisor on Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari, is expected to brief the Council on Friday, 5 October on his visit to Myanmar which took place from 29 September to 2 October.
- · 19 September 2007
Update Report No. 3: Myanmar
Update ReportThe Council will receive a briefing on 20 September from the Secretary-General's Special Advisor on Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari, covering the Secretary-General's Good Offices efforts in relation to Myanmar.
- · 22 November 2006
Update No. 3: Myanmar
Update ReportThe Council expects a briefing from Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari before the end of the month on his second visit to Myanmar. The briefing is expected to take place in closed informal consultations. A draft US resolution is possible but it may be tabled separately, after the briefing.
- · 27 September 2006
Update Report No. 4: Myanmar
Update ReportOn Friday 29 September the Council will be briefed on Myanmar by Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Ibrahim Gambari. Even though the Council has received briefings on Myanmar last year and earlier this year, this will be the first briefing with the situation in Myanmar being officially on the Council agenda. The Council took a rare procedural vote to add this item.
- · 1 June 2006
Update Report No. 1: Myanmar
Update ReportUnder-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari briefed the Council on 31 May 2006 on his visit to Myanmar as predicted in our 26 May 2006 Update. After the briefing which took place under "Other Matters" all the European countries, the US, Russia, China, Japan and Ghana made statements.
- · 26 May 2006
Update Report No. 6: Myanmar
Update ReportThe Council expects a briefing from Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari early next week on his visit to Myanmar. Council members have expressed an interest in hearing about Gambari's visit, particularly the details of his meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi.
- · 15 December 2005
Update Report No. 4: Myanmar
Update ReportMyanmar has been a source of growing concern among UN members since 1990, when the country's military regime lost the first multiparty election held in nearly three decades. The National League for Democracy (NLD), which won 80 percent of the parliamentary seats in the 1990 poll, was prevented by the regime from assuming power
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