Notable Dates, June 2007 Monthly Forecast : Security Council Report

Notable Dates

Reports Due for Consideration in June		Relevant Document
1 June	Commissioner’s quarterly UNMOVIC report (UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission)	S/RES/1284
1 June	SG semi-annual UNFICYP report (UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus)	S/RES/1728
early June	SG semi-annual report on Iraq/Kuwait missing persons and property	S/RES/1284
6 June	Report of the Liberia Sanctions Committee’s Panel of Experts	S/RES/1731
8 June	SG quarterly UNAMI report (UN Assistance Mission in Iraq)	S/RES/1700
early June	The Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (LIBAT) report and recommendations are due before the 1701 report. However, the assessment will take two to three weeks to complete and its report, along with the 1701 report, are likely to be delayed.	S/PRST/2007/12
12 June	SG quarterly report on the implementation of resolution 1701 (Lebanon)	S/PRST/2006/52
mid June	SG quarterly UNMIK report (UN Mission in Kosovo)	S/RES/1244
mid June	Semi-Annual progress reports on the respective completion strategies of the ICTY and ICTR	S/RES/1534
15 June	Report of the Côte d’Ivoire Sanctions Committee’s Group of Experts	S/RES/1727
20 June	SG semi-annual UNDOF report (UN Disengagement Observer Force)	S/RES/1729
22 June	SG quarterly UNOGBIS report (UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau)	S/RES/1580
26 June	SG semi-annual BONUCA report (UN Peacebuilding Support Office in the Central African Republic)	S/PRST/2006/47
late June	Interim report of the Sudan Sanction Committee’s Panel of Experts	S/RES/1713
30 June	SG quarterly UNMIL report including drawdown plans (UN Mission in Liberia)	S/RES/1750
30 June	SG report on Somalia including progress on a national reconciliation conference and contingency planning for a possible UN peacekeeping mission	S/PRST/2007/13
30 June	SG monthly report on Darfur	S/RES/1590
June 2007	Mandates Expire	Relevant Document
15 June	UNFICYP	S/RES/1728
15 June	Group of Experts of the Côte d’Ivoire Sanctions Committee	S/RES/1727
20 June	Panel of Experts of the Liberia Sanctions Committee	S/RES/1731
20 June	UNOCI	S/RES/1739
30 June	UNDOF	S/RES/1729
June 2007	Other Important Dates
30 May-11 June	A UN delegation will visit Darfur to assess the possibility of starting peace talks. The delegation will also visit Khartoum, Chad and Eritrea.
4 June	The Special Court for Sierra Leone has reported that Charles Taylor’s trial at the Court’s outpost in The Hague will begin.
6-8 June	G8 Summit in Germany
11 June	The IAEA Board of Governors will meet in Vienna regarding Iran.
11-18 June	Fifth Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva
15 June	Resolution 1723 called for a review of the Multinational Force, the Development Fund for Iraq and International Advisory and Monitoring Board in Iraq.
15 June	Serge Brammertz’s appointment as the UNIIIC Commissioner expires (S/2006/998 and 999).
20 June	The previously scheduled constituent assembly elections in Nepal will likely be delayed until mid-November.
22 June	The Council will likely hold an open debate on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict.
25 June	The Council will likely hold an open debate on natural resources and conflict.
30 June	Parliamentary elections are scheduled in Timor-Leste.
Also expected in June: The Council is planning a visiting mission in late June to Addis Ababa and Ghana in advance of July’s AU Summit. They will also be traveling to the DRC, Côte d’Ivoire and Sudan. The Organisational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission is expected to select a new chair and two vice-chairs. Its annual report is also expected to be finalised by the end of the month. The ICC Chief Prosecutor is likely to brief the Council on the Darfur case. A Somali national reconciliation conference in Mogadishu is tentatively scheduled for mid-June, postponed from 16 April.

Important Dates over the Horizon

An AU Summit is scheduled for 1-3 July in Ghana.
A rebel unity conference in South Sudan this July has been agreed to in principle ahead of possible peace talks with the Sudanese government.
There are media reports that the Government of Sudan has promised demarcation of the north-south border, perhaps as early as July, well in advance of the 14 November census, delayed from 30 June.
Presidential and legislative elections in Sierra Leone are expected 11 August.
A high-level meeting on climate change is being planned on the sidelines of this September’s General Assembly with a view to a UN conference in Bali in December.
There are media reports that the Nabih Berri will convene the Lebanese parliament on 25 September to elect a new president.
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.
Local elections in the DRC are expected in the second half of 2007.
Parliamentary elections in Kosovo are expected in late 2007.
A workshop on security sector reform, a joint initiative of Slovakia and South Africa, is being planned for later in 2007 in Africa.
Presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire are now expected by January 2008, postponed from 31 October.

Full forecast

June 2007 Monthly Forecast

Notable Dates

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