The UN Security Council will feature open debates on the Middle East, Libya, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in June, the Gabonese ambassador to the UN, Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet who holds the rotating Council presidency for this month, announced here Thursday.
Issoze-Ngondet, whose country is one of the 10 non-permanent members of the 15-nation Security Council, made the announcement when he was briefing reporters here on the program of the 15- nation UN body for this month.
The Council will also discuss the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on international peace and security on the eve of the high-level HIV/AIDS meeting at the UN General Assembly, which will take place here from June 8 to June 10.
Luis Moreno Ocampo, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), will come to the UN to brief the Council on procedures undertaken against Sudan.
On June 15, there will be a meeting between the Security Council and the African Union (AU) on Libya, which, according to the Gabonese ambassador, is the "most important" event of the month.
Other events include the issuing of a report of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations on support for the AU's peacekeeping operations, and a briefing by the UN Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC).