Liberia

  • This afternoon (19 April), the Security Council is holding a briefing on Liberia, during which it is expected to adopt a presidential statement on the conclusion of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). Alexander Zuev, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of...

  • April 2018

    Liberia

    Monthly Forecast

    In April, the Council will discuss the Secretary-General’s final report on UNMIL. There may be a civil society briefer. Ambassador Olof Skoog (Sweden) is also expected to brief as the chair of the country configuration on Liberia of the PBC.

  • 12 December 2017

    Liberia Consultations on Electoral Process

    What's in Blue

    Tomorrow afternoon (13 December), Special Representative for Liberia and head of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) Farid Zarif is expected to brief Council members in consultations. Last year’s resolution 2333, which renewed UNMIL’s mandate for a final time until...

  • December 2017

    Liberia

    Monthly Forecast

    In December, the Council is expected to receive a briefing from Farid Zarif, the Special Representative and head of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). Ambassador Olof Skoog (Sweden), Chair of the Liberia configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), is also expected to brief.

  • 22 August 2017

    Liberia Consultations

    What's in Blue

    Tomorrow morning (23 August), Council members will hold consultations on the situation in Liberia. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations El Ghassim Wane will brief on the preparations for the 10 October presidential and legislative elections in Liberia. In December 2016,...

  • On Monday (24 July), the Security Council is expected to adopt a presidential statement on the Liberia peacebuilding plan and the preparation for the 2017 presidential and legislative elections. The statement is the result of a joint initiative of the...

  • 26 June 2017

    Liberia Briefing and Consultations

    What's in Blue

    Tomorrow (27 June), the Security Council will hold a briefing followed by the consultations on the situation in Liberia. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) Farid Zarif will brief on the latest...

  • 22 December 2016

    Liberia: Vote on the Future of the UN Mission

    What's in Blue

    Tomorrow morning (23 December), the Security Council will vote on a draft resolution which will determine the future of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). The draft was put in blue this afternoon (22 December) after a week of difficult...

  • December 2016

    Liberia

    Monthly Forecast

    The mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) expires on 31 December. The Council is expected to hold consultations and subsequently adopt a resolution on UNMIL in line with the Secretary-General’s recommendations contained in his report on the assessment mission to Liberia. Briefings by DPKO and the Peace Building Commission are likely.  

  • September 2016

    Liberia

    Monthly Forecast

    The mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) expires on 30 September. The Council is expected to adopt a resolution in September renewing the mission's mandate in its current configuration for a period of three months, pending the recommendations of the Secretary-General’s assessment mission due in November.   

  • August 2016

    Liberia

    Monthly Forecast

    In August, the Council is expecting a briefing from Farid Zarif, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), on the Secretary-General’s report, which is due 15 August, and recent developments. Ambassador Olof Skoog (Sweden), chair of the Liberia configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, may brief as well.

  • Tomorrow morning (25 May), the Council is expected to adopt a resolution that terminates the Liberia sanctions regime. This will end the remaining arms measures, the Liberia 1521 sanctions committee and the Panel of Experts, which were established in 2003....

  • May 2016

    Liberia

    Monthly Forecast

    In May, the Council expects a briefing by Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko (Ukraine), chair of the 1521 Liberia Sanctions Committee, on the final report of the Panel of Experts and other sanctions-related matters, followed by consultations. 

  • March 2016

    Liberia

    Monthly Forecast

    In March, the Council is expecting a briefing from Farid Zarif, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), on the Secretary-General's midterm report and other recent developments. In addition, Ambassador Olof Skoog (Sweden), chair of the Liberia Configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, may brief.

  • On Thursday (17 September), the Council is expected to adopt a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). The penholder, the US, first circulated a draft text on Thursday, 10 September, following a briefing on UNMIL...