In August, the Security Council is expected to hold meetings on the political process, the humanitarian situation, and the use of chemical weapons in Syria. The Expected briefers are UN Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator Reena Ghelani Navyn Salem, the founder and CEO of Edesia-a non-profit that combats malnutrition and President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Rescue Committee, David Miliband. This is a signature event of the US Council presidency that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will chair. In August, the Security Council is expected to hold a high-level open debate on famine and conflict-induced global food insecurity.
Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba presented the Secretary-General’s annual report on children and armed conflict. Read moreĬhildren and Armed Conflict On 5 July, the Security Council held its annual open debate on children and armed conflict (S/PV.9366). The draft put forward by the co-penholders (Switzerland and Brazil), with a nine-month extension of the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, was vetoed by Russia. As a result, a nine-year old mechanism, which had allowed the delivery of humanitarian assistance into non-government-controlled parts of Syria without requiring the consent of the Syrian government, was shut down. In July, the Council failed to adopt a resolution reauthorising the Syria cross-border aid mechanism.
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