Notable Dates
Report Due |
Reports for Consideration in March |
Requesting Document |
15 February |
SG report on Liberia (UNMIL) |
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28 February |
SG report on 1701 (Lebanon) |
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11 March |
SG report on Afghanistan (UNAMA) |
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mid-March |
SG report on Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) |
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31 March |
SG report on Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) |
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by end of March |
Reports of the Sudan Sanctions Committee and the Panel of Experts |
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Mandate Expiry in March 2011 |
Relevant Document |
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23 March |
Afghanistan (UNAMA) |
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March 2011 |
Other Important Dates |
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early March |
An envoy-level meeting of the Middle East Quartet (EU, Russia, the UN and the US) is expected in Brussels. A ministerial-level Quartet meeting is possible later in the month. |
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21 March |
The International Contact Group on piracy off the Coast of Somalia is scheduled to meet in New York. |
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26-27 March |
A ministerial-level meeting of the G8 is expected in Paris. |
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28 March |
Proposals from the AU’s high-level panel for the resolution of the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire are due. |
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29 March |
Authorisation of meeting of the Arab League is expected in Baghdad. |
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Also likely in March:
Briefings are expected by the:
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Important Dates over the Horizon
- First-round presidential elections are expected on 8 May in Chad.
- Parliamentary elections are scheduled for 22 May in Cyprus.
- New state of South Sudan set to declare independence on 9 July.
- The “transitional” period in Somalia expires in August.
- The Liberian constitutional referendum is scheduled for August.
- Elections to the Palestinian National Authority to be held before October 2011 have been announced.
- Legislative and presidential elections in Liberia are expected in October.
- Parliamentary elections and first round of presidential elections are scheduled for 27 November in the DRC.