Informal Interactive Dialogues and Other Informal Meetings of the Security Council (As of 31 December 2020)
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Informal Interactive Dialogues and Other Informal Meetings of the Security Council (as of 31 December 2020) DATE/ VENUE DESCRIPTIVE SUBJECT BRIEFERS NON-SC / LISTED IN: NAME NON-UN PARTICIPANTS JOURNAL SC ANNUAL POW REPORT Guillermo Fernandez de Soto NO NO N/A Louise Blaiss (Chargé d'affaires of the (Permanent Representative of Implications of COVID-19 on Informal Permanent Mission of Canada and Chair of the Colombia to the United Nations) and peacebuilding and sustaining 22 July 2020 interactive Peacebuilding Commission), Oscar Fernández- Kimihiro Ishikane (Permanent peace in conflict-affected dialogue Taranco (Assistant Secretary-General for Representative of Japan to the countries (via videoconference) Peacebuilding Support) United Nations) as Vice-Chairs of the Peacebuilding Commission Informal EU Operation IRINI in the Charles Fries (Deputy Secretary General for NO NO N/A 2 Jun 2020 interactive Mediterranean (via Common Security and Defence Policy, dialogue videoconference) European External Action Service) Fernando Arias (Director-General of the NO NO N/A Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Informal Middle East (Syria Chemical Weapons), Izumi Nakamitsu (Under-Secretary- 12 May 2020 interactive weapons) (via General and High Representative for dialogue videoconference) Disarmament Affairs), Santiago Oñate (Coordinator of the Investigation and Identification Mechanism) 26 February 2020 Informal Bintou Keita (Assistant-Secretary-General for Kenya (did not speak), Rwanda NO NO N/A interactive The situation in Burundi Africa, Departments of Political and Conf. Rm. 7 dialogue Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations) 23 January 2020 Informal David Shearer (Special Representative of the NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 7 interactive Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head dialogue South Sudan of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan), Ismail Wais (IGAD Special Envoy for South Sudan) 1 DATE/ VENUE DESCRIPTIVE SUBJECT BRIEFERS NON-SC / LISTED IN: NAME NON-UN PARTICIPANTS JOURNAL SC ANNUAL POW REPORT 14 January 2020 Informal The situation in the Democratic Huang Xia (Special Envoy of the Secretary- Angola, Burundi, Democratic NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 7 interactive Republic of the Congo and the General for the Great Lakes), Leila Zerrougui Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, dialogue region (Special Representative of the Secretary- Tanzania General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) 27 November 2019 Informal Peace consolidation in West Abdoulaye Bathily (Former head of the UN Estonia, Viet Nam (incoming 2020 SC NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 7 interactive Africa (UNOWAS) Regional Office for Central Africa + Author of members) dialogue the independent strategic review (S/2019/890) on UNOWAS), Bintou Keita (Assistant- Secretary-General for Africa, DPPA-DPO), Guillermo Fernández de Soto (Colombia PR as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission) 28 August 2019 Informal The situation in Burundi Michael Kingsley-Nyinah (Director for Central United Republic of Tanzania NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 6 interactive and Southern Africa Division, DPPA/DPO), Jürg dialogue Lauber (Switzerland PR as Chair of PBC Burundi configuration) 31 July 2019 Informal Peace and security in Africa Amira Elfadil Mohammed Elfadil (AU Democratic Republic of the Congo NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 7 interactive (Ebola outbreak in the DRC) Comissioner for Social Affairs), David Gressly dialogue (Ebola Emergency Response Coordinator), Mark Lowcock (Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator), Michael Ryan (WHO Health Emergencies Programme Executive Director) 7 June 2019 Informal The situation in Libya Mr. Pedro Serrano, Deputy Secretary General NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 7 interactive (Resolution 2292 (2016) of the European External Action Service dialogue implementation) 21 March 2019 Informal The situation in the Middle East Joost R. Hiltermann (Program Director for NO NO N/A 2 DATE/ VENUE DESCRIPTIVE SUBJECT BRIEFERS NON-SC / LISTED IN: NAME NON-UN PARTICIPANTS JOURNAL SC ANNUAL POW REPORT Conf. Rm. 7 interactive (Fostering dialogue and Middle East & North Africa, International Crisis dialogue cooperation as a response to Group), Marie-Joëlle Zahar (Professor, conflicts and common Montreal University, Canada / Non-Resident challenges in the Middle-East Senior Fellow, International Peace Institute and North Africa) (New York) / Fellow, Folke Bernadotte Academy (Sweden)), Mourad Wahba (Assistant Administer and Director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States, UNDP), Stephane Vazelle (Senior Political Affairs Officer, Middle East Team) 20 March 2019 Informal Peace and security in Africa Guillermo Fernández de Soto (Permanent Burkina Faso, Mali NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 6 interactive (Activity of the PBC and PBSO Representative of Colombia and Chair of the dialogue in the Sahel) Peacebuilding Commission), Ion Jinga (Permanent Representative of Romania and Peace Building Comission Vice-Chair), Mohamed Fathi Ahmed Edrees (Permanent Representative of Egypt and Peace Building Comission Vice-Chair), Oscar Fernández- Taranco (Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuliding Support) 21 January 2019 Informal The situation in the Central Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 7 interactive African Republic (USG DPO for Peacekeeping Operations dialogue joint trip to CAR with AU Commissioner Chergui) 29 June 2018 Informal Peacebuilding and sustaining Ion Jinga, Permanent Representative of Colombia; Liberia; Sudan; NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 3 interactive peace (Report of the Romania and Chair of the Peacebuilding dialogue Peacebuilding Commission on Commission; Cho Tae-yul, Permanent its eleventh session) Representative of the Republic of Korea and Vice-Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission; Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany and Vice-Chair of the 3 DATE/ VENUE DESCRIPTIVE SUBJECT BRIEFERS NON-SC / LISTED IN: NAME NON-UN PARTICIPANTS JOURNAL SC ANNUAL POW REPORT Peacebuilding Commission; Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support Oscar Fernández-Taranco; representatives from the Department of Political Affairs, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the UN Development Programme 21 June 2018 Informal The situation in the Central Bédializoun Moussa Nébié, Special NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 7 interactive African Republic (Report of the Representative of the African Union to the dialogue Secretary-General on the Central African Republic; Hermínio Teodoro Central African Republic Maio, Force Commander, European Union (S/2018/611)) Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic; Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) 4 June 2018 Informal The situation in Libya Enrico Credentino, Force Commander of NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 12 interactive (EUNAVFOR MED (Operation EUNAVFOR MED; Pedro Serrano, Deputy dialogue SOPHIA) Secretary-General for Common Security and Defense Policy and Crisis response at the European External Action Service 18 April 2018 Informal Peace and security in Africa Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 6 interactive (Joint DPKO/AU visit to Darfur, for Peacekeeping Operations; Smail Chergui, dialogue Central African Republic & African Union Commissioner for Peace and Addis Ababa) Security 20 March 2018 Informal The situation in the Middle East Ahmet Üzümcü, Director General of the NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 7 interactive (Chemical Weapons) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical dialogue Weapons; Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs 4 DATE/ VENUE DESCRIPTIVE SUBJECT BRIEFERS NON-SC / LISTED IN: NAME NON-UN PARTICIPANTS JOURNAL SC ANNUAL POW REPORT 7 February 2018 Informal The situation concerning Iraq Anthony Banbury, Member of the UNAMI NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 7 interactive (UNAMI External Review) external assessment team; Darko Močibob, dialogue Deputy Director of the Middle East and West Asia Division of the Department of Political Affairs; Phillip Rawkins, Member of the UNAMI external assessment team 19 June 2017 Informal Annual informal interactive Oscar Fernández-Taranco, Assistant Secretary- Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 12 interactive dialogue on peacebuilding General for Peacebuilding Support; Tae-Yul Canada, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, dialogue Cho, Permanent Representative of the Morocco, Niger, Nigeria Republic of Republic of Korea and Chair of the Korea and Switzerland Peacebuilding Commission; Ihab Awad Moustafa, Deputy Permanent Representative of Egypt and Coordinator between the work of the Security Council and the Peacebuilding Commission 15 June 2017 Informal Report of the Secretary- Dr. Donald Kaberuka, High Representative for NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 7 interactive General on options for the African Union Peace Fund, Mr. Atul Khare, dialogue authorization and support to Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, AU peace support operations and Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, Assistant Secretary- (S/2017/454) General for Peacekeeping Operations 9 June 2017 Informal Haiti / Activities of the Ad Hoc Marc-André Blanchard, Permanent Canada NO NO N/A Conf. Rm. 7 interactive Advisory Group on Haiti Representative of Canada and Chair of the dialogue ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti 31 May 2017 Informal Libya / EUNAVFOR MED Enrico Credentino, Force Commander of NO