💡Security Council Report’s (@SCRtweets) new research report, “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒏”, examines one of the Council’s most consequential informal working methods. It analyses how penholding shapes drafting, negotiation, leadership, and the distribution of power within the Council. 👉 bit.ly/4fepzuA SCR thanks the government of @GermanyUN for its generous support for this project, and all colleagues who shared their perspectives on the issues covered in the report.

Tomorrow morning (13 October), after the meeting on the Great Lakes region, #UNSC members will hold closed consultations on the situation in the Horn of Africa, in light of the escalation in northern Ethiopia. ◽️Briefer: @UNDPPA ASG for Africa Martin Kimani ◽️Requested by: @USUN → Read more:bit.ly/4hXfty0

This week, 12-16 October 2026, at the #UNSC | 📬 Subscribe: bit.ly/3AwYSel 📅 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 🔷 Briefing and consultations on Colombia. 👉 bit.ly/4hUwwjY 🔷 Briefing and consultations on political and humanitarian developments in Syria. 👉 bit.ly/4ibNsUq 📅 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 🔷 Briefing on the implementation of the 2013 Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework (PSC-F) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region. 👉 bit.ly/4hGchb3 🔷 Closed consultations on the situation in the Horn of Africa, requested by @USUN. 📅 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 🔷 Scheduled vote on a draft resolution renewing the 2653 Haiti sanctions regime. 🔷 Open briefing on the situation in Libya. 👉 bit.ly/4igXjbG 🔷 Arria-formula meeting on Ukraine, which is being organised by @RussiaUN. 📅 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 🔷 Quarterly open debate on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”. 👉 bit.ly/4dCVjIe 📅 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 🔷 Open briefing on the situation in Sudan. 👉 bit.ly/4hE122Z

Tomorrow morning (13 October), the #UNSC will hold an open briefing on the Great Lakes region. Closed consultations are scheduled to follow. ◽️Briefer: Special Envoy of the SG for the Great Lakes Region @HuangXia16 → Read more: bit.ly/4hGchb3

Tomorrow afternoon (12 October), the #UNSC will hold an open briefing on political and humanitarian developments in Syria. Closed consultations are scheduled to follow. ◽️Briefers: @UNEnvoySyria Deputy @claudio_cordone, @UNOCHA ASG @Momalindi, and a civil society representative →Background: bit.ly/4ibNsUq

Tomorrow morning (12 October), the #UNSC will hold an open briefing on Colombia. Closed consultations are scheduled to follow. ◽️Briefer: SRSG and @MisionONUCol Head @JencaMiroslav →Read more: bit.ly/4hUwwjY

This afternoon (9 October), the #UNSC will hold an emergency briefing on Ukraine. ◽️Briefers: @UNDPPA ASG @khiari_khaled and @UNOCHA Director of the Crisis Response Division Gemma Connell ◽️Requested by: @Denmark_UN, @franceonu, @GRUN_NY, @LatviaUN_NY, and @UKUN_NewYork 💡SCR on Ukraine: bit.ly/3X4Lf08

Tomorrow morning (9 October), the #UNSC is will hold a briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen. Briefers: ◻️ UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg (@OSE_Yemen) ◻️ Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs @Momalindi ◻️ Civil society representative with a focus on child protection →Read more: bit.ly/4yE4FM6

This afternoon (8 October), #UNSC members will receive a briefing in closed consultations on the work of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). ◽️Briefers: SRSG and MINURSO Head Alexander Ivanko and PESG for Western Sahara Staffan de Mistura →Background: bit.ly/3W6IZtA

Tomorrow morning (8 October), #UNSC members will receive a briefing in closed consultations on the work of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (@UNDOF) in the Golan. ◽️Briefer: @UNDPPA ASG @khiari_khaled →Background: bit.ly/4y94PKt

Tomorrow morning (8 October), the #UNSC is expected to vote on a draft resolution renewing the 1591 Sudan sanctions regime for two months, until 11 December. ◽️Authored by: @USUN →Read more: bit.ly/4yd5B9o

Tomorrow morning (7 October), #UNSC members are expected to participate in the fifth straw poll to select a candidate to recommend to the General Assembly as the next UN Secretary-General. →Read more: bit.ly/4y3P7QQ

Tomorrow morning (6 October), the #UNSC will hold a briefing on cooperation between the @UN and the @_AfricanUnion (AU). ◽️Briefers: SRSG and @UNOAU_ Head @parfait_onanga and an AU official →Background: bit.ly/4ydhdt6

This week, 5-9 October 2026, at the #UNSC | 📬 Subscribe: bit.ly/3AwYSel 📅 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 🔷 Annual briefing on cooperation between the UN and regional and sub-regional organisations, focusing on the African Union (AU) 👉 bit.ly/4ydhdt6 📅 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 🔷 Private meeting with troop-contributing countries of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) 📅 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 🔷 Scheduled vote on a draft resolution extending the 1591 Sudan sanctions regime 👉 bit.ly/4hE122Z 🔷 Closed consultations on the work of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan 👉 bit.ly/4y94PKt 🔷 Closed consultations on MINURSO 👉 bit.ly/3W6IZtA 📅 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 🔷 Open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen 👉 bit.ly/4j5OFxK

.@GRUN_NY 🇬🇷 is the president of the #UNSC in October. Council members adopted the provisional programme of work for the month earlier today (1 October). →Read more: bit.ly/3TdsWcI 📘 See the Forecast: bit.ly/4AE9EOx

As the @UN and @_AfricanUnion mark a decade of deeper cooperation on peace and security, SCR's latest In Hindsight assesses the partnership's progress, ongoing challenges, efforts to operationalise resolution 2719, and what the next UN Secretary-General can do to strengthen cooperation in a fractured multilateral landscape. 📖 Read more: bit.ly/3TvFagT 📘 October Monthly Forecast: bit.ly/4AE9EOx

💡 Our October 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 is out. Get forward-looking analysis on @GRUN_NY #UNSC presidency and what’s ahead. 📘 Read the Forecast: bit.ly/4AE9EOx 📑 Download the PDF: bit.ly/4hGrfN2 📬 Subscribe: bit.ly/3AwYSel

Tomorrow morning (2 October), #UNSC members will hold an informal interactive dialogue (IID) titled “From Adoption to Action: Focal Point Mechanism and the strengthening of an effective UN sanctions architecture”. ◽️Briefer: Yvonne Ching Ling Lee, the Focal Point for Delisting ◽️Organised by: @GRUN_NY and @PakistanUN_NY →Read more: bit.ly/4z8SXJp

Tomorrow morning (30 September), #UNSC members will hold closed consultations on the Horn of Africa, in light of the deterioration of the situation in northern Ethiopia. ◽️Briefer: @UNDPPA official ◽️Requested by: @franceonu