UN Security Council schedules Sudan briefing amid worsening crisis

The UN Security Council was scheduled to hold an open briefing on Sudan on Friday, followed by closed consultations, as fighting and a worsening humanitarian crisis continued to weigh on the country. The meeting was listed for 10am in New York on 16 October, with a separate Sudan briefing at 10.30am. [1]

Security Council Report, which previewed the meeting on Thursday, said Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo was expected to brief members in public and the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Sudan, Pekka Haavisto, to brief them in closed consultations. [2]

The preview highlighted concerns over drone attacks, civilian harm and the risk of the conflict spreading across the region. It also said the Council was likely to discuss humanitarian access, mediation and the dispute over whether a UN arms embargo should cover all of Sudan or remain limited to Darfur. [2]

The UN’s meeting page identifies the event as the Council’s 10,245th meeting on Sudan. Its press page, dated 16 October, labels its coverage “For information media. Not an official record” and displays “Loading broadcast”; it does not provide an account of what was said or decided. [3]