September 2009 Monthly Forecast

Posted 28 August 2009
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Notable Dates

Reports for consideration in September

Document Requesting Report

early September

SG report on Haiti (MINUSTAH)

S/RES/1840

early September

SG report on the DRC (MONUC)

S/RES/1856

early September

SG report on publication of electoral list of Côte d’Ivoire

S/RES/1880

early to mid September

SG report on Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL)

S/RES/1829

mid September

SG report on Afghanistan (UNAMA)

S/RES/1868

mid September

SG report on Liberia (UNMIL)

S/RES/1836

by end of September

Final report from Panel of Experts on Sudan

S/2008/743

September 2009

Mandates Expire

Relevant Document

30 September

Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL)

S/RES/1829

30 September

Liberia (UNMIL)

S/RES/1836

September 2009

Other Important Dates

23 September

The General Assembly will hold its general debate.

24 September

US President Barack Obama will preside over a meeting of the Council on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.

24-25 September

The G20 Summit will take place in Pittsburgh, PA.

Also expected in September:

  • The Secretary-General’s report on practical ways to support AU efforts in UN peacekeeping mission is expected by mid September.
  • The Secretary-General’s report on the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is due.
  • The chair of the 1737 Sanctions Committee (Iran) is expected to brief the Council.
  • The IAEA is due to present its next report on Iran’s compliance with Council resolutions.
  • The Sudan Sanctions Committee chairman is expected to brief the Council.
  • The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan is likely to brief the Council.

Important Dates over the Horizon

  • An international conference on the Middle East peace process is to convene in 2009.
  • Presidential elections are expected in Côte d’Ivoire on 29 November 2009.
  • The Council is expected to review the extension of the terms of permanent judges in the ICTR/ICTY who were members of the Appeals Chamber by 31 December 2009.
  • Legislative elections in Chad are slated for 2010.
  • Parliamentary elections for Iraq are provisionally scheduled for January 2010.
  • Palestinian presidential and legislative elections are to be held in January 2010.
  • The trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor is expected to continue until February 2010 with a possible ruling in July and a sentencing in August.
  • Elections (presidency and parliament, south Sudanese presidency, state governors, southern parliament and state assemblies) in Sudan are expected in April 2010.
  • Presidential and legislative elections in Liberia are scheduled for 2011.

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