Notable Dates, February 2010 Monthly Forecast : Security Council Report

Reports for consideration in February		Document Requesting Report
31 January	Darfur (UNAMID)	S/RES/1881
12 February	Timor-Leste (UNMIT)	S/RES/1867
mid February	Chad/CAR (MINURCAT)	S/RES/1861
mid-February	Iraq (UNAMI)	S/RES/1883
February 2010	Mandates Expire	Relevant Document
26 February	Timor-Leste (UNMIT)	S/RES/1867
February 2010	Other Important Dates
2 February	The AU Summit will conclude in Addis Ababa.
11-17 February	The Human Rights Council will conduct its Universal Periodic Review of Fiji on the 11^th, Iran on the 15^th, Iraq on the 16^th and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the 17^th.
	The Secretary-General is expected to report to the General Assembly on Israeli and Palestinian follow-up to the Goldstone Report.
Also expected in February: a debate on transition and exit strategies in peacekeeping operations a meeting with troop and police contributors to MINURCAT a briefing on Darfur The Council is expected to be briefed by: Ameerah Haq, the Special Representative for Timor-Leste Ad Melkert, the Special Representative for Iraq The chair of the DPRK Sanctions Committee Kanat Saudabayev, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office

Important Dates over the Horizon

The trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor will continue in February.
Presidential elections are expected in Côte d’Ivoire shortly.
General elections in Iraq are expected on 7 March.
An Arab League summit is expected to be held in Tripoli in March.
Elections in Sudan are expected in April.
Elections are expected for April in Northern Cyprus.
The Human Rights Council is expected to conduct its Universal Periodic Review of Guinea-Bissau, Haiti and Kenya in May.
National elections are expected in the Central African Republic before the end of April.
The promulgation of Nepal’s new constitution is expected by 28 May.
The ICJ advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence is expected sometime during the first half of 2010.
Presidential and legislative elections are expected in Burundi on 28 June and in late July.
Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan are expected for September.
Legislative elections in Chad are expected for November.
General elections in Myanmar are expected later for 2010.