September 2008 Monthly Forecast

Posted 27 August 2008
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Notable Dates

Reports Due for Consideration in September

Document Requesting Report

15 August

SG report (S/2008/553) on UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)

S/RES/1777

by 31 August

SG semi-annual report on UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)

S/RES/1780

September

Report of the Lebanese Independent Border Assessment Team (LIBAT)

S/PRST/2007/12

September

Quarterly report of the 1737 Sanctions Committee on Iran

S/RES/1737

15 September

Final report of the Sudan Panel of Experts

S/RES/1779

by 15 September

SG report on UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)

S/RES/1778

20 September Mid-term report of the Somalia Sanctions Committee Monitoring Group S/RES/1811
by 22 September

SG semi-annual report on UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

S/RES/1806
by 30 September

SG report on UN Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)

S/RES/1794
by 30 September

SG quarterly report on UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS)

S/RES/1580
by 30 September

SG report on UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK)

S/RES/1244
by 30 September

SG report (every 60 days) on UN-AU Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID)

S/RES/1828

September 2008

Mandates Expire

Relevant Document

25 September

MINURCAT

S/RES/1778

30 September

UNMIL

S/RES/1777

30 September

UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL)

S/RES/1793

September 2008

Other Important Dates

3 September

Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat, the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot communities respectively, are scheduled to initiate comprehensive negotiations.

22-26 September

The next IAEA Board of Governors meeting is scheduled in Vienna.

Also expected in September:

  • A Secretariat briefing on the results of the Djibouti-Eritrea fact-finding mission is possible.
  • Sima Samar, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Sudan, is expected to present her report to the Human Rights Council.
  • An EU report to the Security Council on EUFOR Chad-Central African Republic is due.
  • The Middle East Quartet will meet in New York on the margins of the General Assembly.

Important Dates over the Horizon

  • Legislative elections have been scheduled for 16 November 2008 in Guinea-Bissau.
  • Presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire are now scheduled for 30 November 2008.
  • Council missions to Afghanistan and Haiti are currently being discussed for later this year.

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