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Welcome to our May Forecast Report, posted on 30 April 2008. Ambassador John Sawers of the UK will be the Council president. Our OVERVIEW highlights issues likely to arise. Full Forecast in PDF Format • in Word Format (posted on 30 April 2008) WHAT IS SCHEDULED IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL TODAY • UN JOURNAL SECURITY COUNCIL CALENDAR FOR MAY • UN SECRETARIAT LIST OF ISSUES FOR MAY
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| May 2008 | Reports for Consideration |
| 21 April | Lebanon (semi-annual) (S/2008/264) implementation of S/RES/1559 |
| late April | UNAMID (Darfur) (monthly report) S/RES/1769 |
| late April | UNIOSIL (Sierra Leone) (every four months) S/RES/1793, S/2008/137 |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina (Report of High Representative for Implementation of the Peace Agreement) S/RES/1785 |
| May | BINUB (Burundi) (semi-annual) S/RES/1791 |
| May | Iraq (Oil-for-Food) S/2008/175 |
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Please see our full page of Notable Dates for May for complete details and other important dates. |
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| UPDATES |
9 May 2008: Update Report on Building Sustainable Peace: Post-Conflict Stabilisation: On 20 May, the Council will take up a new British initiative on securing peace in post-conflict situations. The proposal was launched by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in the Security Council on 16 April 2008. The meeting will be chaired at the ministerial level by Foreign Secretary David Miliband, and participation of a number of countries that have recently emerged from conflict and the World Bank is expected. A Council statement is a possible outcome. It was unclear at press time whether this would be adopted at the debate or whether the debate would provide impetus for further discussion and negotiation on a statement. A concept paper by the
2 May 2008: Update Report on Somalia: Council members are currently negotiating two draft resolutions on Somalia. There are ongoing differences of view among members, and it is unclear when agreement will be reached on both drafts. The first draft, prepared by the UK, responds to the proposed strategy for Somalia recommended by the Secretary-General in his 14 March report. After an initial round of expert-level discussions, a second version of the draft was circulated on Wednesday, 30 April. The second resolution, prepared by France, the US, the UK and Panama, addresses piracy issues. Word format • PDF format
