October 2008 Monthly Forecast

Posted 29 September 2008
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Notable Dates

Reports Due for Consideration in October

Document Requesting Report

21 September

Panel of Experts’ final report on the Darfur sanctions regime

S/RES/1779

22 September

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

S/RES/1806

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 sixty days) on UN-AU Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID)

S/RES/1828

by 15 October

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

S/RES/1794

15 October

SG report on UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI)

S/RES/1826

15 October

Côte d’Ivoire Group of Experts report

S/RES/1782

by mid-October

SG report on UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)

S/RES/1808

by mid-October

SG quarterly report on UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)

S/RES/1812

October

SG report on the implementation of resolution 1325 (Women, Peace and Security)

S/PRST/2007/40

21 October

SG report on the implementation of resolution 1559 (Lebanon)

S/PRST/2004/36

28 October

SG report on implementation of resolution 1701 (Lebanon)

S/RES/1773

by 31 October

SG report on UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN)

S/RES/1825

October/early November

SG quarterly report on Somalia

S/PRST/2001/30

October 2008

Mandates Expire

Relevant Document

15 October

UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)

S/RES/1780

15 October

UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)

S/RES/1808

15 October

Sudan Panel of Experts

S/RES/1779

31 October

Côte d’Ivoire Group of Experts and sanctions

S/RES/1782

October 2008

Other Important Dates

15 October

An international conference on the situation in Georgia is scheduled to be held in Geneva.

17 October

The General Assembly is expected to hold elections for five of the ten non-permanent seats on the Security Council.

Also expected in October:

  • The Council may take up the oil for food programme.
  • Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata of Italy, the chairman of the 1718 Sanctions Committee on the DPRK (North Korea), is expected to brief the Council.
  • Ian Martin, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative is expected to brief the Council on Nepal in October.
  • An open debate on the thematic issue of Women, Peace and Security is expected to be held in late October.

 

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.
  • The next round of the Lebanese National Dialogue is scheduled for 5 November.

Full forecast

 

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