July 2007 Monthly Forecast

Posted 28 June 2007
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Notable Dates

Important Dates over the Horizon

Reports Due for Consideration in July

Relevant Document
late June

The Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (LIBAT) report

 S/PRST/2007/12

late June

SG quarterly report on the implementation of resolution 1701 (Lebanon)

 S/PRST/2006/52

late 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 progress report on terminating Iraq’s oil-for-food programme

S/2007/242

30 June

SG report on the status and progress of the negotiations on Western Sahara

S/RES/1754

30 June

SG quarterly report on the UN Mission in Liberia including drawdown plans (UNMIL)

 S/RES/1750

10 July

Group of Experts report to the DRC Sanctions Committee

S/RES/1698

13 July

SG quarterly report on the UN Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)

 S/RES/1752

mid July

Monitoring Group report of the Somalia Sanctions Committee

 S/RES/1724
15 July Commissioner’s report on the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC), every four months S/RES/1748
20 July SG quarterly report on the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) S/RES/1741
23 July SG report on the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), every four months S/RES/1740
31 July SG quarterly report on the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) S/RES/1755
31 July SG monthly report on Darfur S/RES/1590

July 2007

Mandates Expire

Relevant Document

26 July

Monitoring Group of the Somalia Sanctions Committee

S/RES/1724
S/2006/986

31 July

UNMEE

S/RES/1741

31 July

Group of Experts of the DRC Sanctions Committee and the DRC sanctions regime

S/RES/1698

July 2007

Other Important Dates

1-2 July

AU Summit in Ghana

2-3 July

 An International Peace Conference on Afghanistan will be held in Rome, the Secretary-General will attend.
5-6 July The UN Global Compact Leaders Summit will be held in Geneva.
mid-July A Somali national reconciliation conference in Mogadishu is tentatively scheduled for mid-July, previously postponed twice from 14 June and 16 April. The AU mandate of its peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM) expires.

Also expected in July:

  • The Chair of the North Korea Sanctions Committee, Ambassador Marcello Spatafora of Italy, will brief the Council in mid-July.
  • The sixth round of six-party talks is expected to resume in July if North Korea shuts down its Yongbyon reactor.
  • In mid-July France will host an informal meeting between Lebanese factions to revive the political dialogue.
  • There are media reports that the Government of Sudan has promised demarcation of the north-south border, perhaps as early as July.

Important Dates over the Horizon

  • Presidential and legislative elections in Sierra Leone are expected 11 August.
  • UN-sponsored talks on Western Sahara between Morocco and Frente Polisario are expected to resume in the second week of August.
  • The General Assembly will convene on 25 September.
  • There are media reports that Nabih Berri, the parliamentary president, will convene the Lebanese parliament on 25 September to elect a new president of Lebanon.
  • 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.
  • The constituent assembly elections in Nepal are expected 22 November, postponed from 20 June.
  • 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.

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