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.