In the month of December — a month effectively shortened to three weeks of mandated work due to the imminent year-end holidays — the Security Council will hold signature debates on Afghanistan and “leadership for peace”, while also conducting its first visit to the Middle East in six years, said the organ’s President for December during a Headquarters press conference today. Turning to the details of the month’s programme of work, he said the Council’s planned visit to Syria and Lebanon — its first to the region in six years and its first-ever visit to Syria — “comes at a crucial time for the region and for these two countries”. Regarding Africa, he went on to note that the Council will meet on 19 December to consider extending the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) amid complicated new developments on the ground.
Author: United Nations
Published at: 2025-12-01 21:48:51
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