Notable Dates
Important Dates Over the Horizon
Reports Due for Consideration in March |
Relevant Document |
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26 February | Commissioner’s quarterly UNMOVIC report (UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission) | S/RES/1284 |
28 February | SG regular report on Somalia | S/RES/1725 |
early March | SG regular report on UNMIK (UN Mission in Kosovo) | S/RES/1244 |
5 March | SG quarterly report on UNOCI (UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire) | |
8 March | SG quarterly report on UNAMI (UN Assistance Mission in Iraq) | |
12 March |
SG quarterly report on resolution 1701 (Lebanon), including recommendations on the status of the Sheb’a Farms |
S/PRST/2006/52 |
15 March | SG recommendations on MONUC’s mandate (UN Mission in the DRC) | S/RES/1742 |
mid March | Commissioner’s quarterly UNIIIC report (UN International Independent Investigation Commission) | |
mid March | SG semi-annual report on UNAMA (UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) | S/RES/1662 |
mid March | SG quarterly report on UNMIL (UN Mission in Liberia) | |
mid March | SG quarterly report on UNOGBIS (UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau) | |
mid March | Neighbouring states’ reports to the Côte d’Ivoire Sanctions Committee on compliance with the arms and diamonds sanctions | S/RES/1727 |
29 March | Panel of Experts mid-term briefing to the Sudan Sanctions Committee | |
31 March | SG monthly report on Darfur | |
Expiry of Mandates in 2007 | Operations | Relevant Document |
24 March | UNAMA | |
31 March | UNMIL | |
31 March | SG’s Special Representative for the Great Lakes (final period) | S/PRST/2006/57 |
March 2007 | Other Important Dates | |
5-9 March | IAEA Board of Governors meeting | |
14-15 March | Donors’ roundtable in Bujumbura for Burundi | |
22 March |
The Temporary International Mechanism for Assistance to the Palestinian People is due to expire, it is up to the Quartet to renew it. |
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Also expected in March:
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Important Dates over the Horizon
- The Council is tentatively planning visiting missions for 2007 to West Africa (including Côte d’Ivoire), Timor-Leste and Central Africa.
- The Peacebuilding Commission’s next round of country-specific meetings are expected in April for Burundi and in April or May for Sierra Leone.
- Parliamentary elections in Chad are scheduled for April.
- Presidential elections in Timor-Leste are expected in April, with parliamentary elections expected in June.
- A UN Conference at the ministerial-level on Iraq will be held in Geneva on 17-18 April.
- Human Rights Council elections are scheduled for May.
- A Council open debate on Protection of Civilians is expected in June.
- The Special Court for Sierra Leone has reported that Charles Taylor’s trial at The Hague will begin in June.
- Election of Nepal’s constituent assembly is expected in June.
- Elections in Sierra Leone are expected in July.
- The Secretary-General’s next reports on the thematic issues of Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict and Women, Peace & Security are expected by October.
- Presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire are tentatively expected by 31 October.
- Local elections in the DRC are expected in the second half of 2007.
- A workshop on security sector reform, a joint initiative of Slovakia and South Africa, is being planned for later in 2007 in Africa.Full forecast