December 2009 Monthly Forecast

• Cyprus

  In December, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus, Alexander Downer, and the Secretary-General’s Special Representative, Deputy Special Adviser and Head of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, are expected to brief Council members in informal consultations. Read more

• Overview

  Burkina Faso will have the Council presidency in December. An open debate is planned for 8 December on the topic of drug trafficking as a threat to international security to be presided by the Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso, Alain... Read more

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

  In December, Alan Doss, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and head of MONUC. The Council is expected to renew the mandate of the UN Organization Mission in the DRC (MONUC), due to expire on 31 December. Read more

• Burundi

  In December the Council is expected to consider the report of the Secretary-General on the UN Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB). Renewal of BINUB’s mandate, which expires on 31 December, is expected. Read more

• Sudan/Darfur

  In December, the Council is expected to review the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). (The Secretary-General’s report was published on 16 November.) Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Susana Malcorra and Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy are likely to brief the Council on progress with the deployment of UNAMID. Read more

• Liberia

  In December the Sanctions Committee on Liberia is expected to consider recommendations from the Panel of Experts tasked with investigating and reporting on implementation of sanctions. Read more

• International Criminal Tribunals

  In December the presidents and prosecutors of the International Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and for Rwanda (ICTR) are expected to brief the Council on implementation of the Tribunals’ completion strategies. The Tribunals’ reports were circulated to Council members in November. Read more

• Central African Republic

  On 15 December the Council is expected to consider the Secretary-General’s report on the Central African Republic (CAR). The mandate of the UN Peacebuilding Support Office in CAR (BONUCA) expires on 31 December, and it is to be succeeded on 1 January 2010 by a UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA). Read more

• Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa

  The Council is expected to renew the mandate of its Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa. It expires on 31 December. Read more

• Aide Memoire

  Important matters pending for the Council include: The quarterly reports of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan are seriously delinquent (the last report, released in June, covered the period from August 2008 to January 2009). The Council has yet... Read more

• Afghanistan

  In late December the Council is likely to have before it the Secretary-General’s quarterly report on developments in Afghanistan. It is possible that this will lead members to request a briefing by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Kai Eide. Read more

• UNDOF (Golan)

  The mandate of the UN Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights (UNDOF) expires on 31 December. It was established in May 1974 to maintain the ceasefire between Israel and Syria and to supervise areas of separation and limitation. A report of the Secretary-General on UNDOF is also due. Read more

• Iran

  Council members seem likely in December to discuss the latest International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran’s compliance with Council resolutions. In addition it seems that the chair of the sanctions committee on Iran (the 1737 Committee) will brief the Council on 10 December. Read more

• Iraq

  Several issues relating to Iraq are expected to come up in December. They concern the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and its independent auditor, the International Advisory and Monitoring Board for Iraq (IAMB). Read more

• Counter-Terrorism

  The mandate of the 1267 Committee (Al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions) Monitoring Team expires on 31 December. The 1373 Committee (Counter-Terrorism Committee, or CTC) is expected to submit an updated global implementation survey in December. Read more

• Status Update

  Status Update of Security Council Activity in November 2009. Read more

• Notable Dates

  Notable dates for December 2009. Read more