March 2010 Monthly Forecast

Posted 1 March 2010
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Notable Dates

Reports for consideration in March

Document Requesting Report

17 February

Liberia (UNMIL)

S/RES/1885

28 February

Lebanon (UNIFIL)

S/RES/1884

28 February

Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS)

S/RES/1876

12 March

Afghanistan (UNAMA)

S/RES/1868

15 March

Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL)

S/RES/1886

March 2010

Mandates Expire

Relevant Document

15 March

Chad/CAR (MINURCAT)

S/RES/1861

20 March

Somalia Sanctions Monitoring Group

S/RES/1853

23 March

Afghanistan (UNAMA)

S/RES/1868

March 2010

Other Important Dates

7 March

General elections in Iraq are expected

27-28 March

A Summit of the Arab League is to be held in Tripoli

 

The trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor will continue in March.

Also expected in March:

  • debates on Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, and Chad and the Central African Republic
  • the Council will be briefed on the work of the Sudan and Somalia Sanctions Committees

The Council is expected to be briefed by:

  • Head of UNIPSIL, Michael von der Schulenburg
  • DPKO on Afghanistan
  • The chair of the Iran Sanctions Committee
  • Special Representative for Liberia, Ellen Margrethe Loj
  • Head of the UN Peacekeeping Department, Alain Le Roy, on the DRC and Chad/CAR
  • Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Michael Williams

Important Dates over the Horizon

  • The Council is expected to undertake a visiting mission to DRC, Uganda and Rwanda in mid April.
  • 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 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 elections are expected in Guinea on 27 June.
  • The Palestinian Authority has scheduled local elections for 17 July.
  • Presidential and legislative elections are expected in Burundi on 28 June and in late July.
  • Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan are expected on 18 September.
  • Legislative elections in Chad are expected for November.
  • General elections in Myanmar are expected later in 2010.
  • Legislative elections in the DRC are expected in July 2011 and presidential elections are expected in October 2011.
  • Legislative and presidential elections in Liberia are expected in October 2011.

 

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