Central African region - Security Council, 10060th meeting

Despite climate shocks, terrorism, countries in Central Africa making electoral progress, security gains, senior UN official for region tells Security Council.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:20:18
• Production Date: 11 December 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: ABDOU ABARRY
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL OFFICE FOR CENTRAL AFRICA - UNOCA; BOKO HARAM
• Subject Topical: CHILDREN; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDUCATION; ELECTIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY; TERRORISM; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; CONFLICT
• Geographic Subject: CAMEROON; SUDAN; CENTRAL AFRICAN REGION
• MAMS Id: 3514583
• Parent Id: 3512367
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10060 CENTRAL AFRICAN REGION 11 DEC 2025 AM

Description

Countries in Central Africa are registering electoral progress and notching some security gains, even as climate shocks and increasingly sophisticated terrorist attacks continue to drive human misery across the subregion, the senior UN official there told the Security Council today.

“Over the past six months, Central Africa has achieved considerable progress, even though it continues to face challenges,” said Abdou Abarry, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA). Giving a broad overview of recent regional developments, he sounded alarm over the worsening crisis in Sudan and ongoing security challenges in the Lake Chad Basin, while outlining significant progress in Gabon, the Central African Republic and elsewhere.

• Briefer: Mr. Abdou Abarry, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (via video-teleconference)
• Briefer: Ms. Christelle Huré, Regional Head of Advocacy, Norwegian Refugee Council (via video-teleconference)
• Statements: All Council members, with Guyana speaking on behalf of: Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Somalia
• Statement: Equatorial Guinea

Related Sites and Documents

UN Meetings Coverage

S/2025/772

S/PV.10060