Aide Memoire
Important matters pending before the Council include:
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The 2005 World Summit requested reforms relating to the Military Staff Committee. This has yet to be addressed.
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It is now almost six months since the Council in resolution 1701 requested the Secretary-General to develop proposals on the critical issues facing Lebanon with a view to a long term solution. Nothing substantive has been submitted and the Council has not followed up its promise in resolution 1701 to continue to be actively involved in steps toward a long term solution. Meanwhile the situation in Lebanon has become increasingly fragile.
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The establishment of a hybrid operation in Darfur and a multidimensional UN presence in Chad and Central African Republic as envisaged in resolution 1706 are still pending.
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On Somalia, the Council is still to act on its “intention to consider taking measures against those who seek to prevent or block a peaceful dialogue process, overthrow the Transitional Federal Institutions by force, or take action that further threatens regional stability” expressed in resolution 1725.
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The draft resolution on small arms circulated by Argentina in March seems to have lapsed. The issue is no longer included as a footnote on the Council’s calendar. The absence of a Council decision on this matter leaves future periodic Secretary-General’s reports in abeyance. Because of the absence of a request from the Council, the Secretariat has no mandate to proceed to produce the report.
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The Secretary-General’s report on cross border issues and inter-mission cooperation in West Africa requested in August is now overdue. (It seems likely that this item will appear as a footnote to the February calendar.)
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The December 2004 report by the Secretary-General on human rights violations in Côte d’Ivoire, requested by a presidential statement, has still not been made public. Also on Côte d’Ivoire, the December 2005 report by the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide has not been published.
