Resolution Criteria

This market resolves YES if any UN Security Council member (other than the Russian Federation) explicitly mentions Jeffrey Sachs by name during the emergency session on 28 February 2026. This includes statements made during the meeting itself or in official remarks delivered to the Council. The resolution will be verified through official UN Security Council meeting transcripts and records available at https://press.un.org/en/sc_live.

Background

The UN Security Council is in emergency session in the aftermath of major airstrikes across Iran by the United States and Israel. This meeting was convened at the initiative of France and Bahrain, with the request of China, Russia, France, Bahrain, and Colombia.

Jeffrey D. Sachs, president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, briefed the UN Security Council during an emergency meeting on Monday, January 5, 2026 regarding the situation in Venezuela. He argued that the United States has repeatedly used force and political manipulation to bring about regime change, and noted that in 2025 alone, it carried out bombings in seven countries — Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and now Venezuela — none of which were authorized by the Council or undertaken in lawful self-defence under the Charter of the UN.

Considerations

The February 28 emergency session focuses on the Middle East and Iran, a different geopolitical context from Sachs' January 5 briefing on Venezuela. Whether Council members will reference his previous statements or invoke his arguments about international law violations in this new crisis context remains uncertain.

This description was generated by AI and edited slightly by the market-creator.