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The Security Council will meet at 3 p.m. today on the Middle East amid growing concern over the Houthis’ advance along Yemen’s Red Sea coast. The group seized the port of Mokha and Mayyun Island last week and reportedly moved onto the Greater and Lesser Hanish islands, tightening its grip on the Bab el-Mandeb strait, which carries about 8.7 per cent of global seaborne trade.

This afternoon, the Security Council will hold an open briefing on counter-terrorism to mark 25 years since the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States. Council members will hear briefings from senior UN counter-terrorism officials and the Executive Director of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism. The Council is also expected to adopt a presidential statement on counter-terrorism.

At 10 a.m., the Security Council will to vote on a draft resolution renewing the 1591 Sudan sanctions regime - which includes asset freezes and travel bans, along with an arms embargo - for one month, until 9 October 2026. The draft was authored by the United States, the penholder.

The Security Council will hold a briefing this afternoon on Yemen following Houthi missile and drone attacks against Saudi Arabia. Bahrain and the United Kingdom, the Council’s penholder on Yemen, requested the meeting. UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg is expected to brief. Saudi Arabia and Yemen will participate under rule 37, which allows States that are not Council members to join discussions without voting. The briefing follows renewed fighting after the relative calm ushered in by the United Nations-mediated 2022 truce. On 8 September, Houthi attacks in southern Saudi Arabia reportedly injured 73 people. The group said they were retaliation for an alleged Saudi strike that killed seven people in Yemen’s Al-Jawf.

At 10 a.m., the Security Council will hold a briefing on the work of the 1737 Sanctions Committee concerning Iran, to be convened by France, Council President for September, under the "Non-Proliferation" agenda item. The 1737 Sanctions Committee was established by resolution 1737 (2006), with a requirement to report to the Council every 90 days. Prior to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear programme, which the Council endorsed through resolution 2231 (2015), these briefings took place every three months under the “Non-Proliferation” agenda item. Resolution 2231 (2015) had suspended all prior sanctions resolutions on Iran, including resolution 1737 (2006), rendering the 1737 Committee and its reporting requirement defunct. In August 2025, France, Germany and the United Kingdom - the "E3" parties to the JCPOA - then triggered the agreement's "snapback" mechanism to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran.

At 11:00 a.m., the General Assembly will close its 80th session, with statements by the Secretary-General and the President of the General Assembly, followed by the oath of office by the President-elect.

At 3 p.m., the General Assembly will open its eighty-first session, presided over by Khalilur Rahman of Bangladesh, appointing members of the Credentials Committee and adopting the agenda.

At 11 a.m., the General Assembly will take action on a host of drafts, including on rebalancing global cartographic representation of the world’s regions; the International Decade of Culture for Sustainable Development; and participation in the high-level meeting to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.