The UN Security Council will hold an open meeting on Ukraine today. This was disclosed by the press service of the Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the UN, which holds the UN presidency for December.
The meeting was requested by Slovenia in its national capacity, as well as Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Greece, and the Republic of Korea.
The Council members who requested tomorrow’s meeting cited the rising numbers of civilian casualties in Ukraine, ongoing attacks on energy infrastructure in the country as winter is setting in, and the urgent need for a ceasefire.
The Security Council last held a briefing on Ukraine on 20 November following a similar request from the same members.Since that meeting, civilians have continued to bear the brunt of the war, as a US-led push to resolve the conflict has yet to yield progress.
Current diplomatic efforts are concentrated around a 28-point peace plan proposed by the US in late November.
Ukraine and its European allies pushed back against the initial plan, saying that it mostly reflected Russian demands, such as for Ukraine to cede eastern territories that it lost on the battlefield and forgo NATO membership.
The initial plan has reportedly been subsequently softened, although information on which provisions have been changed has not been made public.