Notable Dates
Important Dates over the Horizon
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Reports Due in April |
Relevant Document |
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| 3 April |
SG quarterly report on UNOMIG (UN Observer Mission in Georgia) |
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mid April |
SG quarterly report on UNMIS (UN Mission in the Sudan) |
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mid April |
SG semi-annual report on MINURSO (UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) |
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19 April |
SG semi-annual report on resolution 1559 (Lebanon/Syria) |
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20 April |
SG report on progress by Somalia’s Transitional Federal Institutions toward an all-inclusive political process and on the recent Technical Assessment Mission |
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23 April |
SG quarterly report on UNMIN is likely to be discussed in May (UN Mission in Nepal) |
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30 April |
SG regular report on UNMEE (UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea) |
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30 April |
SG regular report on BINUB (UN Integrated Office in Burundi) |
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30 April |
SG monthly report on Darfur |
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April 2007 |
Mandate Expires |
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15 April |
UNOMIG |
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15 April |
MONUC (UN Mission in the DRC) |
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30 April |
UNMIS |
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30 April |
MINURSO |
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April 2007 |
Other Important Dates |
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20 Mar-3 Apr |
Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, will visit Sudan, Chad and the CAR. He is likely to brief the Council when he returns. |
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23 Mar-2 Apr |
The Secretary-General will visit the Middle East (Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia) and participate in the Arab League Summit in Riyadh on 28-29 March. He will brief the Council upon his return. Included in these early April discussions with the Council will be the Secretary-General’s report on resolution 1701 (Lebanon) which was postponed from 27 March to early April (S/2007/147). |
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9 April |
Presidential elections in Timor-Leste |
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13 April |
Resumption of peace talks between the Ugandan government and the LRA have tentatively been scheduled to take place in Juba. |
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16 April |
A Somali national reconciliation conference in Mogadishu is being planned. |
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17-18 April |
A UNHCR-sponsored international conference at the ministerial-level on the situation of Iraqi displacement will be held in Geneva. |
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20 April |
The Security Council will review the Liberian diamond sanctions (S/RES/1731). |
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30 April |
A donor conference for the Iraq Compact is being planned. |
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Also expected in April:
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Important Dates over the Horizon
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The Council is tentatively planning visiting missions for 2007. West Africa (including Côte d’Ivoire), Timor-Leste, Central Africa and the Middle East have all been discussed as possibilities.
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Human Rights Council elections are scheduled for May and its fifth session is scheduled for 5-11 June.
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A Council open debate on Protection of Civilians is expected in June.
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The Special Court for Sierra Leone has reported that Charles Taylor’s trial at The Hague will begin in June.
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Election of Nepal’s constituent assembly is expected in June.
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Parliamentary elections in Timor-Leste are expected in June.
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Elections in Sierra Leone are expected in July.
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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.
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Resolution 1721 called for presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire by 31 October. But the 4 March Ouagadougou agreement between the parties calls for elections to be held within ten months.
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Local elections in the DRC are expected in the second half of 2007.
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Parliamentary elections in Kosovo are expected in late 2007.
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A workshop on security sector reform, a joint initiative of Slovakia and South Africa, is being planned for later in 2007 in Africa.
