The Security Council will hear a briefing on the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Member States have before them the Secretary-General's latest report on the situation in South Sudan, covering political and security developments, humanitarian and human rights conditions and progress towards the implementation of the Mission's mandate between 16 October 2025 and 15 January 2026. The meeting follows a statement issued by the Secretary-General on 7 February, strongly condemning escalating violence in the country. Security conditions in South Sudan continue to deteriorate amid hostilities between the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-in-Opposition, and other opposition and allied groups.
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Against the backdrop of budget cuts and a severe liquidity crisis, United Nations peace operations and their police contingents are making hard choices — often in very difficult conditions — to deliver on their mandates, the Security Council heard today in a briefing by senior officers.
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and its affiliated terrorist groups continue to adapt and pose a threat to international peace and security, speakers in the Security Council warned today, citing increased use of virtual assets, including cryptocurrencies, as well as cybertools, unmanned aircraft systems and advanced artificial intelligence (AI).
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President James Kariuki (United Kingdom):
The Security Council’s February programme will target three conflicts severely impacting international peace and security — namely those in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine — its President for the month told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today.
The Security Council today renewed the United Nations peacekeeping presence in Cyprus for another year, welcomed the intensification of dialogue in 2025 and called upon the sides and all parties to engage actively with the Secretary-General and his team.
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) for one year to 31 January 2027.
As the Security Council gathered the day after the body of the last Israeli hostage in Gaza was retrieved, a United Nations Middle East peace expert stressed the need to consolidate the tenuous ceasefire, while also raising alarm about the escalation of violence and settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) for a final two-month period — until 31 March 2026 — during which the Mission will draw down and end the permanent United Nations presence in Hudaydah.
The rule of law is being replaced by “the law of the jungle” around the world, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned the Security Council today, citing a brazen disregard for international law that has helped humanity avoid a third world war for the past 80 years.