Security Council

The Security Council today extended the request to the Secretary-General to provide written monthly reports through 15 January 2026 on any further Houthi attacks on merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea.

The Security Council decided today to extend the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) until 31 January 2026, as Council members spotlighted the Office’s critical support to a country in the throes of multidimensional crisis.

On 1 July 2025, the Panel of Experts on South Sudan briefed the members of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015), in connection with the Panel’s final report submitted in pursuance of paragraph 18 of resolution 2731 (2024).

The Security Council today decided to extend until 28 January 2026 the mandate of (UNMHA) to support the implementation of the Agreement on the City of Hudaydah and Ports of Hudaydah, Salif and Ras Issa as set out in the 2018 Stockholm Agreement.

There are “reasonable grounds to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been and are continuing to be committed in Darfur”, an International Criminal Court prosecutor told the Security Council today, underscoring that her office is progressing towards delivering justice for past and ongoing atrocities, even amid limited resources and attempts to obstruct its mandate.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Asim Iftikhar Ahmad (Pakistan):

Renewed maritime hostilities by the Houthis in the Red Sea and retaliatory Israeli air strikes have sparked “a deeply volatile and unpredictable period” in Yemen and the wider region, a top United Nations official warned the Security Council today, urging immediate de-escalation.

On 8 July 2025, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2653 (2022) approved the addition of the entries specified below to its Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the measures imposed by the Security Council and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

On 17 June 2025, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) considered the programme of work of the Panel of Experts, whose mandate was extended until 15 December 2025 pursuant to resolution 2758 (2024).

The Security Council will discuss the situation in Haiti, which faces a multifaceted crisis amid ongoing gang violence.  Members will hear a briefing by Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, on the activities of a United Nations’ special political mission.  Ghada Fathy Waly, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, is also expected to brief the 15-member organ.