Notable Dates
Reports Due for Consideration in December |
Document Requesting Report |
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by 15 November (although not released) |
SG report on the UN Mission in CAR/Chad (MINURCAT) |
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30 November |
SG report on UN Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB) |
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30 November |
SG report on UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) |
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December |
ICTY/ICTR semi-annual report and assessment |
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1 December |
SG report on the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Cyprus) |
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1 December |
Panel of Experts report on Liberia |
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5 December |
Monitoring Group report on Somalia |
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early December |
Semi-annual report on Sierra Leone PBC framework |
PBC/2/SLE/1 |
early December |
Semi-annual report on Burundi PBC framework |
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by 15 December |
SG semi-annual report on Iraq-Kuwait missing persons/property report |
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27 December |
SG report on the implementation of resolution 1701 |
S/RES/1822 |
31 December |
SG semi-annual report for UN Office in West Africa (UNOWA) |
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31 December |
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31 December |
UN Peacebuilding Office in the CAR (BONUCA) |
S/2007/702 and 703 |
31 December |
SG report on the UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) |
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31 December |
SG report on UN Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB) |
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31 December |
1540 Committee report |
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31 December |
United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) |
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December 2008 |
Mandates Expire |
Relevant Document |
15 December |
UNFICYP (Cyprus) |
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20 December |
Panel of Experts on Liberia |
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20 December |
Sanctions Monitoring Group on Somalia |
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31 December |
UNDOF (Golan Heights) |
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31 December |
BONUCA (Central African Republic) |
S/2007/702 and 703 |
31 December |
UNOGBIS (Guinea-Bissau) |
S/2007/700 and 701 |
31 December |
MONUC (Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
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31 December |
BINUB (Burundi) |
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31 December |
Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa |
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31 December |
Multinational Force in Iraq, provisions for the Development Fund for Iraq, and the International Advisory and Monitory Board |
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31 December |
UNIIIC |
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31 December |
Special Envoy for the Lord’s Resistance Army-Affected areas |
S/2000/719 |
31 December |
Group of Experts and Sanctions on the DRC |
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December 2008 |
Other Important Dates |
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2 December |
Expiration of resolution 1816 on fighting piracy off the coast of Somalia |
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15 December |
Council target for a decision on a UN military component to follow-up in EUFOR (S/RES/1834) |
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19 December |
Liberia sanctions expire |
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31 December |
ICTR current judges’ term expires & terms of ad litem judges expire |
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31 December |
1540 Committee to report to the Council on options for more effective funding mechanisms (S/RES/1810) |
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Also expected in December:
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Important Dates over the Horizon
- A council mission to Haiti is still being discussed.
- Iraqi provincial elections are scheduled for January 2009.
- An international meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is expected to be held in Moscow in spring 2009.
- Legislative elections in Lebanon are scheduled for May 2009.
- Presidential and legislative elections in Sudan are scheduled for July 2009
- Legislative elections in Chad are currently slated for 2009.
- Presidential elections are expected in Afghanistan in September 2009.