Informal Interactive Dialogue
INFORMAL INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES, 2009-2018
DATE HELD AND TOPIC INVITED PARTICIPANT(S) COMMENTS/SOURCE PRESIDENCY OF
12 February 2009 Sudan: Joint delegation from the AU and the League of Referred to in S/2009/138 (9 March 2009) as Japan Preliminary exchange Arab States “informal interactive discussion” and in A/64/2 of views on the possible (Annual Report of the Security Council to the decision by the ICC General Assembly, 1 August 2008-31 July 2009) against Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir
26 March 2009 Sri Lanka: Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka Referred to in S/2009/229 (30 April 2009) as Libya Exchange of views “informal interactive discussion” and in A/64/2 on the humanitarian Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs (Annual Report of the Security Council to the situation and security in and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes General Assembly, 1 August 2008-31 July 2009) the country
22 April 2009 Sri Lanka: Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka Referred to in S/2009/353 (13 July 2009) as Mexico Consideration of the “informal interactive dialogue” and in A/64/2 humanitarian situation Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to Sri (Annual Report of the Security Council to the Lanka Vijay Nambiar (on his recent visit to the General Assembly, 1 August 2008-31 July 2009) country) Following the meeting, the President made Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian remarks to the press, expressing the Council’s Affairs Catherine Bragg concern at the situation in Sri Lanka (“informal remarks to the press”).
30 April 2009 Sri Lanka Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka Referred to in S/2009/353 (13 July 2009) as Mexico “informal interactive dialogue” and in A/64/2 Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs (Annual Report of the Security Council to the and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes General Assembly, 1 August 2008-31 July 2009) (on his 25-27 April visit to the country) Following the meeting, the President made remarks to the press outlining the position of the Council members.
5 June 2009 Sri Lanka Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka Referred to in S/2009/412 (11 August 2009) Turkey “informal interactive discussion” and in A/64/2 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (on his recent visit (Annual Report of the Security Council to the to the country) General Assembly, 1 August 2008-31 July 2009)
22 March 2010 Chad: Permanent Representative of Chad Gabon On the UN Mission in the CAR and Chad (MINURCAT)
5 May 2010 Central African Special Representative of the Secretary-General Referred to in S/2010/396 (15 July 2010) as Lebanon Republic (CAR) and Youssef Mahmoud “interactive discussion” Chad: Exchange of views Ambassador Ahmad Allam-mi (Chad) on the UN Mission in the CAR and Chad Ambassador Fernand Poukre-Kono (CAR) (MINURCAT)
20 May 2010 CAR and Chad: Special Representative of the President of Chad to Referred to in S/2010/396 (15 July 2010) as Lebanon Exchange of views MINURCAT General Oki Dagache “interactive discussion” about Chadian strategy to ensure the security of civilians in the east of the country
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INFORMAL INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES, 2009-2018
DATE HELD AND TOPIC INVITED PARTICIPANT(S) COMMENTS/SOURCE PRESIDENCY OF
14 June 2010 DPRK: Representative of the Republic of Korea and Referred to in S/2010/438 (17 September 2010) Mexico on the sinking of the Representative of the Joint Civilian-Military as “informal interactive dialogue” and in A/65/2 Cheonan vessel Investigation Group (first session) (Annual Report of the Security Council to the General Assembly, 1 August 2009-31 July 2010) (in two separate Representative of the DPRK (statement during the segments) second session) The dialogue was held on the basis of the letters to the President of the Council from the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea on 4 June and the Permanent Representative of the DPRK on 8 June.
Following the meeting, the President made remarks to the press.
9 August 2010 CAR and Chad: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration Referred to in S/2010/501 (27 September 2010) Russia Exchange of views on and Francophone World of the CAR Antoine Gambi as “interactive discussion” the consequences of the withdrawal of the Ambassador Fernand Poudré-Kono (CAR) UN Mission in the CAR and Chad (MINURCAT) Ambassador Jan Grauls (Belgium), in his capacity from the CAR as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission country configuration of the CAR
21 October 2010 CAR and Chad: Special Representative of the President of Chad of Referred to in S/2010/668 (9 December 2010) Uganda On the Détachement the UN Mission in the CAR and Chad as “informal interactive dialogue” and in A/66/2 intégré de sécurité (Annual Report of the Security Council to the sustainability plan General Assembly, 1 August 2010-31 July 2011)
10 December 2010 Liberia Ambassador Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein PBC Liberia configuration website US (Jordan), as Chair of the Liberia configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission briefed on his visit to Liberia from 7 to 15 November 2010
Ellen Margrethe Løj, the head of the UNMIL
A representative of Liberia
2 February 2011 Burundi Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Referred to in A/66/2 (Annual report of the Brazil Peacebuilding Commission, Ambassador Paul Security Council to the General Assembly, Seger (Switzerland) 1 August 2010-31 July 2011) as an “informal interactive dialogue” Ambassador Zacharie Gahutu (Burundi)
Special Representative of the Secretary-General Karin Landgren
17 March 2011 Kenya and the ICC: Ambassador Macharia Kamau (Kenya) Referred to in S/2011/254 (18 April 2011) as China On the proceedings “informal interactive dialogue” of the ICC relating to Commissioner for Social Affairs of the AU Bience Kenya Gawanas On Kenya’s request (S/2011/116, 4 March 2011)
15 June 2011 Libya AU High Level Ad-Hoc Committee on Libya Referred to in the Council Programme of Work Gabon for June 2011 Minister of Communications designate of Uganda
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mauritania
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DATE HELD AND TOPIC INVITED PARTICIPANT(S) COMMENTS/SOURCE PRESIDENCY OF
22 June 2011 Sudan (Darfur): Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Referred to in S/2011/509 (9 September 2011) Gabon On the outcome of the Cooperation of Burkina Faso as “informal interactive meeting” and in A/66/2 All Darfur Stakeholders (Annual Report of the Security Council to the Conference held in AU/UN Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur Djibrill General Assembly, 1 August 2010-31 July 2011) Doha (27-31 May) Bassolé The Council adopted a press statement Minister for Foreign Affairs of Qatar Ahmed bin on 23 June calling on all parties to reach a Abdullah al-Mahmoud permanent ceasefire and a comprehensive peace agreement as soon as possible on the basis of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (SC/10291).
19 July 2011 Eritrea: Representatives from Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Referred to in S/2011/525 (29 August 2011) as Germany On sanctions against Kenya, Somalia, Uganda and the Intergovernmental “informal dialogue” and in A/66/2 (Annual Report Eritrea Authority on Development of the Security Council to the General Assembly, 1 August 2010-31 July 2011)
At the request of Eritrea
27 February 2012 Sudan-South Sudan: Chair of the AU High-level Implementation Panel Referred to in S/2012/341 (6 September 2012) Togo On the cessation of oil Thabo Mbeki as “informal interactive dialogue” production and export and the question of Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Haile the political will of both Menkerios (videoconference) countries to resolve the problem and coexist Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping peacefully Operations Hervé Ladsous
17 April 2012 Sudan and South Chair of the AU High-level Implementation Panel US Sudan Thabo Mbeki
Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Haile Menkerios
7 May 2012 Guinea-Bissau Special Representative of the Secretary General on Referred to in Council press statement Azerbaijan Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS) SC/10640 (8 May 2012)
Foreign Minister of Guinea-Bissau
Foreign Minister of Angola as current Chair of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP)
ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security
5 June 2012 Guinea-Bissau Former Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau Carlos Referred to in S/2012/628 (29 August 2012) China Gomez Júnior as “informal interactive dialogue” and in A/67/2 (Annual Report of the Security Council to the Permanent Representative of Côte d’Ivoire, General Assembly, 1 August 2011-31 July 2012) representing the President of the Economic Community of West African States
Permanent Representative of Angola, speaking on behalf of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries
Permanent Representative of Brazil Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission
Permanent Observer of the AU to the UN
7 June 2012 Syria Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Referred to in S/2012/628 (29 August 2012) China Nabil el-Araby as “informal interactive dialogue” and in A/67/2 (Annual Report of the Security Council to the General Assembly, 1 August 2011-31 July 2012)
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INFORMAL INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES, 2009-2018
DATE HELD AND TOPIC INVITED PARTICIPANT(S) COMMENTS/SOURCE PRESIDENCY OF
15 June 2012 Mali A high-level delegation of ECOWAS composed, Referred to in S/2012/628 (29 August 2012) China among others, of the President of ECOWAS as “informal interactive dialogue” and in A/67/2 Commission, Kadre Ouédraogo; the Minister for (Annual Report of the Security Council to the Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso, Djibril Bassolé; the General Assembly, 1 August 2011-31 July 2012) Permanent Representatives of Mali and Niger; and the Defence Minister of Côte d’Ivoire, Paul Kofi Kofi
A delegation from the AU PSC
13 July 2012 The Peacebuilding Chair of the PBC Ambassador Abulkalam Abdul Referred to in S/2012/629 (17 October 2012) Colombia Commission (PBC): Momen (Bangledesh) and in A/67/2 (Annual Report of the Security How the work of the Council to the General Assembly, 1 August 2011- PBC could be more Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey 31 July 2012) effective and what Feltman the Security Council could do to obtain this Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping objective Operations Hervé Ladsous
A representative of the Peacebuilding Support Office, Ejeviome Otobo
The Chairs of the Burundi configuration of the PBC (Permanent Representative of Switzerland), the Guinea configuration (Permanent Representative of Luxembourg), the Guinea-Bissau configuration (Permanent Representative of Brazil), the Liberia configuration (Permanent Representative of Sweden) and the Sierra Leone configuration (Permanent Representative of Canada)
Representative of Japan, in his capacity as Chair of the Working Group on Lessons Learned of the PBC
Representatives of Burundi, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone
9 August 2012 Sudan-South Sudan: Chairman of the High-level Implementation Referred to in S/2012/953 (19 December 2012) France On the implementation Panel of the AU, former President Thabo Mbeki as “Informal interactive dialogue” and in A/68/2 of resolution 2046 (videoconference) (Annual Report of the Security Council to the (2012) General Assembly, 1 August 2012-31 July 2013) Special Envoy for the Sudan and South Sudan Haile Menkerios (videoconference) Followed by consultations
29 August 2012 DRC Minister for Foreign Affairs of Rwanda, Louise Referred to in S/2012/953 (19 December 2012) France Mushikiwabo as “Informal interactive dialogue” and in A/68/2 (Annual Report of the Security Council to the General Assembly, 1 August 2012-31 July 2013)
29 August 2012 DRC Minister for Foreign Affairs of the DRC Raymond Referred to in S/2012/953 (19 December 2012) France Tshibanda N’tungamulongo as “Informal interactive dialogue” and in A/68/2 (Annual Report of the Security Council to the General Assembly, 1 August 2012-31 July 2013)
29 August 2012 Syria UN-Arab League Joint Special Representative for France Syria Lakhdar Brahimi
26 November 2012 Afghanistan Chairman of the High Peace Council of Referred to in S/2012/957 (20 December 2012) India Afghanistan, Salahuddin Rabbani as “informal interactive dialogue” and in A/68/2 (Annual Report of the Security Council to the General Assembly, 1 August 2012-31 July 2013)
22 March 2013 UNDOF (troop- UNDOF TCCs Russia contributing countries (TCCs)): To address concern of peacekeepers’ safety
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DATE HELD AND TOPIC INVITED PARTICIPANT(S) COMMENTS/SOURCE PRESIDENCY OF
27 March 2013 Sudan-South Sudan Chair of the AU High-level Implementation Referred to in S/2013/380 (21 June 2013) as Panel (AUHIP), Thabo Mbeki; Abdulsalami Alhaji “informal interactive dialogue” and in A/68/2 Abubakar, a member of the AUHIP (Annual Report of the Security Council to the General Assembly, 1 August 2012-31 July 2013)
26 April 2013 Post-conflict Chair of the PBC Referred to in S/2013/382 (26 June 2013) as Rwanda peacebuilding: “informal interactive dialogue”, A/68/2 (Annual On practical ways in Chairs of country-specific configurations Report of the Security Council to the General which the Commission Assembly, 1 August 2012-31 July 2013), and in could assist the work of Countries on the Commission’s agenda S/2014/67 the Council Peacebuilding Support Office
7 May 2013 Libya and the ICC: Prosecutor of the ICC Fatou Bensouda Referred to in S/2013/481 (29 October 2013) as Togo On the admissibility “informal interactive dialogue” challenges before the ICC and on the necessity for the protection and security of judges, the Prosecutor and staff of the ICC
23 May 2013 Kenya and the ICC: Ambassador Macharia Kamau (Kenya) Referred to in S/2013/481 (29 October 2013) as Togo On the ICC “informal interactive dialogue” proceedings against Kenyan nationals Following a letter addressed to the Council
31 October 2013 Kenya and the ICC: AU high-level contact group: Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan On the AU request Ethiopia, Mauritania, Namibia and Uganda and the for deferral of the ICC Deputy Foreign Minister of Burundi cases Foreign Minister of Kenya
20 February 2014 Central African Commissioner for Peace and Security of the AU Referred to in S/2014/392 (2 June 2014) as Lithuania Republic Smail Chergui “informal interactive dialogue”
Special Representative of the Chair of the AU Commission and head of MISCA General Jean- Marie Michel Mokoko
23 April 2014 AU mission in Somalia Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Nigeria Somalia Nicholas Kay, AU Special Representative for Somalia Mahamat Saleh Annadif and a representative of the Federal Government of Somalia
27 June 2014 South Sudan mediation Chief mediator of the Intergovernmental Authority Referred to in S/2014/594 Russia process on Development (IGAD)-facilitated South Sudan peace talks in Addis Ababa Seyoum Mesfim
15 July 2014 Peacebuilding Chairs and representatives of country-specific Referred to in S/2014/595 and S/2015/174 Rwanda Commission-Council configurations cooperation
17 September 2014 Sudan-South Sudan Chair of the AU High-Level Implementation US Panel; head of the UN Office to the AU and the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan; Outgoing Joint AU-UN Special Representative for Darfur, head of UNAMID and Darfur Joint Chief Mediator
10 November 2014 Situation in Mali Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Referred to in S/2014/943 and S/2015/219 Australia Operations
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DATE HELD AND TOPIC INVITED PARTICIPANT(S) COMMENTS/SOURCE PRESIDENCY OF
20 November 2014 UN Peace Operations Secretary-General’s High-Level Independent Panel Referred to in S/2014/929 Australia on Peace Operations
20 January 2015 Final report Commissioners Fatimata M’Baye and Philip Alston Chile (S/2014/928) of the International Commission of Inquiry on the CAR, established by resolution 2127 (2013) to investigate reports of violations of international humanitarian law, international human rights law and abuses of human rights in the CAR.
27 February 2015 Ukraine (the Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of The interlocutors joined by video teleconference China implementation of the the Special OSCE Monitoring Mission, (Turkey), from Kiev, the meeting was held at the Minsk Agreement) and Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, Chair of the initiative of France and Lithuania, referred to in OSCE’s Trilateral Contact Group, (joined by video S/2015/199 teleconference).
11 May 2015 The smuggling of Federica Mogherini, the EU High Representative Lithuania migrants in the for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Tete Mediterranean Sea António, Permanent Observer of the AU to the UN; Peter Sutherland, Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Migration
11 May 2015 International Criminal Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor, ICC Lithuania Court work in Libya
8 June 2014 Somalia Special Representative of the Secretary-General Malaysia and head of UNSOM Nicholas Kay, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the AU Commission and head of AMISOM Maman Sidikou and Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Atul Khare
25 June 2015 Peacebuilding Chairs of the PBC country-configurations and Malaysia Commission representatives of the PBC agenda countries: Burundi, Central African Republic, Guinea, Guinea- Bissau, Liberia and Sierra Leone; Deputy Secretary- General Jan Eliason; Assistant Secretary-General of Peacebuilding Support Oscar Fernandez- Tarranco; UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka; and representatives of the DPA, DPKO, UNDP and the World Bank. Gert Rosenthal, the head of the Advisory Group of Experts of the PBA, several other members of the Advisory Group and Ameerah Haq from the High-Level Panel of UN Peace Operations also participated.
18 May 2016 Cross-cutting Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Egypt operational issues in Operations Hervé Ladsous and four force UN peacekeeping commanders: Lieutenant General Derick Mbuyiselo Mgwebi (South Africa) of MONUSCO, Lieutenant General Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam (Ethiopia) of the UNMISS, Major General Michael Lollesgaard (Denmark) of MINUSMA and Lieutenant General Balla Keïta (Senegal) of MINUSCA
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INFORMAL INTERACTIVE DIALOGUES, 2009-2018
DATE HELD AND TOPIC INVITED PARTICIPANT(S) COMMENTS/SOURCE PRESIDENCY OF
22 June 2016 Peacebuilding PBC country-configuration chairs and Commission ambassadors of PBC-agenda countries (Burundi, Central African Republic, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia and Sierra Leone)
23 September 2016 International Criminal Ethiopian Foreign Minister, Tedros Ghebreyesus, Court accompanied by representatives from Algeria, Burundi, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan and Uganda at ministerial level.
23 January 2017 Situation in South Festus Mogae, former President of Botswana and Sudan the chair of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, tasked with overseeing the implementation of the August 2015 South Sudan peace agreement.
13 March 2017 Situation in the Central Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Republic AU Commission and Head of the AU Mission for Central Africa and the Central African Region Mohamed El Hacen Lebatt
31 May 2017 Implementation of the Commander of EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia arms embargo on Libya Enrico Credendino and Deputy Secretary-General of the European External Action Service Pedro Serrano
15 June 2017 AU-UN cooperation Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Atul Khare; Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations El Ghassim Wane; Samba Sane, Officer in Charge at the Department of Political Affairs’ Africa I Division; and Dr. Donald Kaberuka, AU High Representative for the Peace Fund.
19 June 2017 Regional peacebuilding Chair and vice-chairs of the PBC; chairs of the challenges in the Sahel PBC-country configurations; representatives of and the Lake Chad countries on the PBC agenda and the G5 Sahel Basin (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger), Cameroon and Nigeria; and representatives from the Peacebuilding Support Office, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the Department of Political Affairs, and the UN Development Programme.
7 February 2018 The independent, Anthony Banbury and Phillip Rawkins, members external assessment of the assessment team, and Darko Močibob, the of the structure and Director of the Middle East and West Asia Division staffing of the UN of the Department of Political Affairs Assistance Mission for Iraq
26 February 2018 Burundi Secretary-General’s Special Envoy Michel Kafando and the facilitator of the East African Community Inter-Burundian dialogue, former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa
20 March 2018 Syria: Chemical UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Weapons Izumi Nakamitsu and the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Ahmet Üzümcü
18 April 2018 Joint AU-UN visit to Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Sudan and the Central Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix and AU African Republic from Commissioner for Peace and Security Smail 7-13 April Chergui (via VTC)
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DATE HELD AND TOPIC INVITED PARTICIPANT(S) COMMENTS/SOURCE PRESIDENCY OF
21 June 2018 Central African Special Representative and head of MINUSCA Republic Parfait Onanga-Anyanga and Special Representative of the AU to the CAR Moussa Nebie
29 June 2018 Peacebuilding Ambassadors Ion Jinga (Romania) and Cho Tae- Commission yul (Republic of Korea), the current and former chairs, respectively, of the PBC; Ambassador Christoph Heusgen (Germany) as the PBC’s vice- chair; the permanent representatives of Colombia, Liberia and Sudan; Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support Oscar Fernandez- Taranco; representatives from the Department of Political Affairs, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the UN Development Programme
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