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The Tabularium · Call 2026-07-17-02Open

The UN Security Council will not adopt a resolution formally expanding the Darfur arms embargo to cover all of Sudan within two months of publication.

Illicit Trade / Econ SecurityAfrica / Middle EastSudan
Issued No. 17 · 17 Jul 26  ·  Due 16 Sep 26  ·  Opening call 75% — likely

The wording, the opening probability, and the counter-signal below were fixed when this call was published. Updates revise the reading — never the record: the verdict is graded against the opening call.

The trajectory

The call stands at its probability until revised; each dot is a recorded reading.0%50%100%17 Jul 26 — 75% (No. 17): Opening calltodaydue 16 Sep 2675%17 Jul 26

The record since

The call stands as issued — no revisions.

What would overturn it

A UN Security Council vote or adopted resolution expanding the embargo's geographic scope, as opposed to continued statements, a stalled draft, or a vetoed resolution.

The verdict

Open  Resolves by 16 Sep 26 — graded at the weekly Reckoning against the criteria above, and recorded here.

As logged at issue

Sudan: despite the G7/EU push and Britain's fresh sanctions on the gold networks funding the war, the UN Security Council is unlikely to formally expand the Darfur arms embargo to cover all of Sudan within two months — Russia and China's posture on the Council makes a fast resolution a hard sell. A resolution passing before mid-September would say this call was wrong.

Cite this call

The Cursus Publicus, Call 2026-07-17-02 — recorded 17 Jul 26. https://archive.cursuspublic.us/calls/2026-07-17-02.html