Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, the Security Council today voted to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and its support for the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism until 15 November 2026. The 15-member organ adopted resolution 2802 (2025) (to be issued as document S/RES/2802(2025)) by a vote of 12 in favour to none against, with 3 abstentions (China, Pakistan, Russian Federation).
The Security Council today decided to renew for 12 months a travel ban and assets freeze imposed on certain designated individuals and entities in Yemen and to extend for 13 months the mandate of the Panel of Experts tasked with assisting the Council’s Yemen Sanctions Committee.
The Security Council must address issues hampering its working methods and credibility, including broadening penholder access, enhancing transparency, unblocking delays in filling and operationalizing subsidiary bodies, and restraining use of the veto, speakers urged the 15-member organ today as it undertook its annual open debate on the subject.
The Security Council today delayed its vote on the renewal of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), whose mandate expires on 15 November.
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) until 15 November 2026.
After three rounds of balloting, the Security Council today elected Phoebe Okowa (Kenya) as a member of the International Court of Justice, voting concurrently with — but separately from — the General Assembly.
With developments in South Sudan moving “in a negative and possibly dangerous direction”, briefers urged the transitional Government to recommit to the Revitalized Peace Agreement before the situation descends into violence threatening political stability and the UN Mission in the country.
Amid rapidly inflating military expenditures, ever-more-sophisticated trafficking networks and the emergence of technologies, such as 3D-printed weapons, senior United Nations and civil society leaders urged more robust action to stem the bloody and destabilizing flow of small arms and light weapons, as they briefed the Security Council today.
On 3 October 2025, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) held informal consultations to discuss the final report of the Panel of Experts, which is to be submitted pursuant to paragraph 3 of resolution 2758 (2024).
The Security Council decided today to remove two individuals from its Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions list – including the President appointed in the wake of Syria’s December 2024 popular uprising – as delegates widely welcomed efforts to “lift all obstacles” to the country’s economic recovery.
