UN Security Council to Hold Meeting on Sudan Sanctions This Weekend

New York – Sudanhorizon
The UN Security Council is expected to hold a meeting on the 9th of this month to receive the periodic briefing (delivered every 120 days) on the situation in Sudan. The meeting will be dominated by a vote on a draft resolution to extend the sanctions regime imposed on Sudan since 2005 under Resolution 1591.

The Security Council had previously held a session on September 11 to vote on a draft resolution to renew the Sudan sanctions regime—which includes targeted measures such as asset freezes, travel bans, and an arms embargo—for one month, until October 9, 2026, as noted in the Council’s monthly report released on Saturday.

The United States—acting as the “penholder” responsible for drafting resolutions on Sudan sanctions covering the Darfur region—had prepared a new draft resolution seeking to expand the existing mandate to cover all of Sudan and include new categories of weaponry, such as drones. However, it failed to pass the proposal.
On September 11, Council members reached a consensus to extend the sanctions for only one month; the Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2828, extending the regime until October 9, following objections from permanent members (including China and Russia) and several non-permanent members to the US-proposed draft.
Divergent positions led the members to agree only on a technical extension of one month. The three African members of the Council (A3)—the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, and Somalia—along with China, Pakistan, and Russia, sought a straightforward one-year renewal with a geographic scope limited to Darfur; additionally, China and Russia argued that the draft placed excessive emphasis on the role of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the conflict and their impact on civilians.

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