By: Artem Kizilov

During the Monday morning consultative session, Security Council B disputed over a resolution known as SCB/2 that would provide aid to people in struggling regions. After a lengthy discussion, sponsors of SCB/2 thought that, upon revision, the resolution was ready to be brought forward to the floor for a vote. Once the motion for closure of debate was approved and the bill was brought to a vote, representatives from the Security Council were surprised that the resolution proposed did not have consensus. The final vote for the resolution SCB/2 ended up getting 8/7/0. As stated by the President of the Security Council, nine votes were needed to be in favor for the resolution to be adopted.

​The representatives within the Security Council were asked by the press to provide their opinions on the resolution, and whether they thought the resolution required changes in order to be adopted. Representative Izabella Jahjah of the United Kingdom said, “The issue was the lack of an operative position. It simply increased funding, which has not worked so far. We do not support the resolution; we have simply decided not to fully back it. An agreement has been made which will hopefully allow it to pass, but the UK will maintain the same posture of abstention.” Similarly, Representative Rashida Lan of Ecuador, expressed her disapproval over the resolution, telling the International Press Delegation that they were concerned about clause seven, which would ask members to commit to increasing their individual funding contributions for aid. Representative Lan continued, adding that since Ecuador is not involved in this conflict it has doubts about what commitment actually meant. Representative Bryson Houston of France, on the other hand, said “The delegation of France fully supports any and all humanitarian assistance to Sudan,” pushing the other representatives to support this resolution.

​After the vote, representatives agreed to enter a consultative session to make changes to the resolution. As the president of the Security Council explained, the rules of the Security Council allow the resolution to be brought back to the floor with revisions. A new draft of the resolution was then introduced later that day, passing unanimously.