Ethiopia to Takeover UNSC Presidency in September

Ethiopia will take over the presidency of the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) in the coming month of September.

 During its presidency, Ethiopia will lead two important meetings, Meles Alem, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

 The first will be the meeting of the Council that will be held in Addis Ababa on 7 and 8 September 2017.

 During the meeting, members of the Council are expected to deliberate on current situations in Somalia, South Sudan and the Chad basin.

 

Discussion between the Council and the African Union is also expected to take place during the Addis Ababa session.

The conference to be held in New York on 20 September is another forum to be held under Ethiopia’s presidency.

The meeting is expected to discuss on strengthening the UN peacekeeping missions. The session will be attended by countries that have role in peacekeeping operations.

The presidency of the UNSC is held by each of the members in turn for one month.

Ethiopia that joins the Council as a non-permanent member since January will take the presidency from Egypt.