June 2021 - Monthly Forecast Overview

On 2 muniqué noted “remarkable progress”, it expressed concern about April, the Al-Qaida affiliate Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslim- the prioritisation of reforms, the urgency of consensus on the choice in launched an attack on the MINUSMA base in Aguelhok, Kidal of the election management body, the timelines of the territorial divi- region. [...] The immediate issue for the Council is the reauthorisation for member The EU military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR states to inspect vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya that they MED operation IRINI) was the only regional arrangement acting have reasonable grounds to believe are violating the arms embargo. [...] Briefing the Council on 6 May on the findings of the progress achieved by, and the future of, the Constitutional Com- monthly report of the Director-General of the Organisation for the mittee. [...] Russia has also been critical of the branch of the IRMCT concluded the hearing of closing arguments in appointment of Brammertz, who was the prosecutor of the ICTY the case of Prosecutor v. [...] included in the resolution also drew criticism from Russia, which Council members are likely to include the contents of the chair’s expressed dismay over the practice of using Council resolutions to briefing and of the panel’s reporting in their deliberations on the effec- promote the human rights agenda in the Somalia dossier for which tiveness of the sanctions regime.