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Security Council Report is an independent think tank dedicated to advancing the transparency and effectiveness of the #UNSC

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💡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.
👉 https://t.co/mP7bEFlDGR

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.

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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: https://t.co/2RwPBmnrm9

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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: https://t.co/mpcOEnxgnQ

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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: https://t.co/C9unXsYkWQ

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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: https://t.co/60X7azIn6K

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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: https://t.co/c0TGvzbRwM

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This week, 5-9 October 2026, at the #UNSC | 📬 Subscribe: https://t.co/9utjwg3gWd

📅 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲
🔷 Annual briefing on cooperation between the UN and regional and sub-regional organisations, focusing on the African Union (AU)
👉 https://t.co/wcj9MFG4Ps

📅 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
👉 https://t.co/g6MFAwiUGS
🔷 Closed consultations on the work of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan
👉 https://t.co/eT4NniDeFs
🔷 Closed consultations on MINURSO
👉 https://t.co/2RwPBmnrm9

📅 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲
🔷 Open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen
👉 https://t.co/4fm5aE71QU

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.@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: https://t.co/Dlny5x2Xb2
📘 See the Forecast: https://t.co/SPLeEwN6Gy

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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: https://t.co/UZiJ8qOex5
📘 October Monthly Forecast: https://t.co/Zooj2j3LNa

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💡 Our October 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 is out.

Get forward-looking analysis on @GRUN_NY #UNSC presidency and what’s ahead.

📘 Read the Forecast: https://t.co/SPLeEwN6Gy
📑 Download the PDF: https://t.co/s0c2xGqbZv
📬 Subscribe: https://t.co/bnm3CsaFhK

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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: https://t.co/K23eCwS5Mt

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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

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This afternoon (29 September), #UNSC members are expected to participate in the fourth straw poll to select a candidate to recommend to the General Assembly as the next UN Secretary-General.

→Read more: https://t.co/dNjEKo6Dyf

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Tomorrow morning (29 September), the #UNSC will vote on a draft resolution extending the mandate of the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti for another six months, until 31 March 2027.

◽️Authored by: @panamaonuny and @USUN

→Read more: https://t.co/d9YC8QEhHy

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Tomorrow morning (29 September), the #UNSC will hold a briefing and consultations on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

◽️Briefers: SRSG and @MONUSCO Head James Swan and a civil society representative

→Read more: https://t.co/UQHZwM1mnu

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This week, 28 September-2 October 2026, at the #UNSC | 📬 Subscribe: https://t.co/9utjwg3gWd

📅 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲
🔷 Open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”.
👉 https://t.co/YVLIVCxovz

📅 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲
🔷 Scheduled vote on a draft resolution re-authorising the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti.
👉 https://t.co/1tUXRwuj9l
🔷 Open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (@MONUSCO).
👉 https://t.co/RiPo5RQiey

📅 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲
🔷 @GRUN_NY assumes the presidency of the Security Council for October.

📅 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲
🔷 Informal interactive dialogue (IID) on the implementation of resolution 2744 of 19 July 2024, which strengthened the mandate of the Focal Point for Delisting and re-established the Informal Working Group (IWG) of the Security Council on General UN Security Council Sanctions Issues.

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On Monday morning (28 September), the #UNSC will hold an open briefing on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” (MEPQ). Closed consultations are scheduled to follow.

◽️Briefers: @UNSCO_MEPP Acting Special Coordinator @RamizAlakbarov and two civil society representatives

→ Read more: https://t.co/e9Q3tZfuUr

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At a high-level event convened by @GRUN_NY and @IndiaUNNewYork on the margins of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, SCR Executive Director
@skandiah opened SCR’s contribution to the discussion before giving the floor to SCR Policy Analyst @rodrigopsaad, who presented his policy paper, “Artificial Intelligence, Geopolitics, and the UN Security Council.”

In his remarks, @rodrigopsaad highlighted how rapidly advancing AI capabilities are reshaping the international peace and security landscape, including:
🔹 The growing geopolitical competition around AI and the critical minerals, semiconductors, computing infrastructure, energy and data on which it depends.
🔹 The close links between AI and maritime security, from global supply chains and undersea data cables to the ways AI is changing what state and non-state actors can do at sea.
🔹 The potential for AI to strengthen peacekeeping, early warning, mediation, ceasefire monitoring and conflict analysis, while preserving meaningful human oversight.
🔹 Emerging risks associated with cyber operations, disinformation, autonomous weapons and the growing use of AI in military decision-making.

Rodrigo outlined the paper’s proposal for an Informal Expert Group on Technology, Peace and Security, which could provide Council members with more regular access to relevant expertise and help integrate technological considerations into the Council’s work.

We were pleased to contribute to this timely discussion alongside fellow briefers Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies, and Izumi Nakamitsu, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for @UN_Disarmament.

We thank @GRUN_NY for its support for SCR’s work on this important topic.

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🔵 This Week in Review | #WhatsInBlue
🗓️ 21 - 25 September 2026
📬 Subscribe to our “Week Ahead”: https://t.co/fsu7BK9WCn

🔷 𝗨𝗡 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗲𝘀
Briefing from UN High Commissioner for @Refugees @BarhamSalih
📑 https://t.co/X7kCZfTBws

🔷 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
High-level informal interactive dialogue (IID) on cooperation between the UN and the League of Arab States (@arableague_gs)
👉  https://t.co/585wj4GAAt

🔷 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲
High-level briefing on Ukraine Requested by: @Denmark_UN, @franceonu, @GRUN_NY, @LatviaUN_NY, and @UKUN_NewYork
👉  https://t.co/lCBdSOxn6e

🔷 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝗔𝗜)
High-level briefing on AI and international security
👉  https://t.co/ZA2yvGSrSJ

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Today (25 September), @SCRtweets (SCR) Policy Analyst @rodrigopsaad will brief at a high-level side event on "𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘈𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴", organized by @GRUN_NY and @IndiaUNNewYork.

@rodrigopsaad will present key findings from SCR's policy paper, 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘕 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭, which explores the implications of AI for international peace and security, including in the maritime domain.

📖 Read the policy paper: https://t.co/XqaU4JXSON
📺 Watch live at 3:00 pm EST: https://t.co/oFtwhx68jD