June 2010 Monthly Forecast

Posted 28 May 2010
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Notable Dates

Reports for Consideration in June

Document Requesting Report

13 April

SG report on Children and Armed Conflict (S/2010/181)

S/RES/1882

early June

SG report on International Criminal Tribunals

S/RES/1534

1 June

SG report on Cyprus (UNFICYP) and the 11 May report of the Good Offices Mission (S/2010/238)

S/RES/1898

1 June

Panel of Experts report on Liberia sanctions

S/RES/1903

8 June

Iraq/Kuwait missing persons/ property report

S/2009/685
S/2010/72

15 June

SG report on Golan Heights (UNDOF)

S/RES/1899

17 June

SG report on Afghanistan (UNAMA)

S/RES/1917

22 June

SG report on Central African Republic (BINUCA)

S/PRST/2009/35

June 2010

Mandates Expire

Relevant Document

12 June

DPRK Panel of Experts

S/RES/1874

15 June

Cyprus (UNFICYP)

S/RES/1898

30 June

Golan Heights (UNDOF)

S/RES/1899

30 June

Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI)

S/RES/1924

30 June

Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)

S/RES/1925

June 2010

Other Important Dates

31 May to 11 June

The ICC Rome Statute Review will be held in Kampala, Uganda.

11 June

The president’s constitutionally mandated term in CAR expires.

19 to 24 June

A Council mission to Afghanistan is expected.

25 to 27 June

A Council informal retreat is expected in Istanbul.

26 to 27 June

G20 Summit in Toronto

27 June

Presidential elections are expected in Guinea.

28 June

Burundi presidential elections are expected.

29 June

The Council and General Assembly will hold elections for the ICJ.

30 June

The term for the Iraq/Kuwait High-Level Coordinator ends.

Also expected in June:

  • Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit
  • The fourteenth session of the Human Rights Council
  • The UN Fourth Biennial Meeting of States on small arms and light weapons

The Council is expected to be briefed by the:

  • Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus Alexander Downer
  • Presidents and prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda
  • Special Representative Sahle-Work Zewde on the Central African Republic
  • Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Sudan
  • Chair of the Sudan Sanctions Committee
  • Head of the UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire, Choi Young-jin
  • Chair of the 1737 Sanctions Committee on Iran
  • High-level Coordinator Gennady Tarasov on Kuwaiti missing persons issues in Iraq
  • regular monthly Middle East briefing

Important Dates over the Horizon

  • Burundi legislative elections are expected for 23 July and senatorial elections for 28 July.
  • The Palestinian Authority has scheduled local elections for 17 July.
  • The General Assembly’s annual general debate will start on 14 September.
  • Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan are expected on 18 September.
  • The IAEA Summit will be held from 20 to 24 September in Vienna, Austria.
  • General Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina are expected in October.
  • Legislative elections in Chad are expected for November.
  • The ICJ advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence is expected later in 2010.
  • General elections in Myanmar are expected later in 2010.
  • Presidential and parliamentary elections in the DRC are expected in September 2011. Local elections are expected to occur in two phases in 2012 and 2013.
  • Legislative and presidential elections in Liberia are expected in October 2011.

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