The Expected briefers are UN Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator Reena Ghelani Navyn Salem, the founder and CEO of Edesia-a non-profit that combats malnutrition and President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Rescue Committee, David Miliband. This is a signature event of the US Council presidency that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will chair. In August, the Security Council is expected to hold a high-level open debate on famine and conflict-induced global food insecurity. Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba presented the Secretary-General’s annual report on children and armed conflict. Read moreĬhildren and Armed Conflict On 5 July, the Security Council held its annual open debate on children and armed conflict (S/PV.9366). The draft put forward by the co-penholders (Switzerland and Brazil), with a nine-month extension of the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, was vetoed by Russia. As a result, a nine-year old mechanism, which had allowed the delivery of humanitarian assistance into non-government-controlled parts of Syria without requiring the consent of the Syrian government, was shut down. In July, the Council failed to adopt a resolution reauthorising the Syria cross-border aid mechanism. In Hindsight: The Demise of the Syria Cross-border Aid Mechanism.In August, the US will hold the presidency of the Security Council.
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