Notable Dates, August 2011 Monthly Forecast : Security Council Report

Posted 29 July 2011

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Report Due	Reports for Consideration in August	Requesting Document
31 July	SG report on Kosovo (UNMIK)	S/RES/1244
10 August	Panel of Experts report on the Libyan sanctions regime	S/RES/1973
30 August	SG report on Somalia (AMISOM)	S/RES/1964
Mandate Expiry in August 2011		Relevant Document
31 August	Lebanon (UNIFIL)	S/RES/1937
August 2011	Other Important Dates
23 August	The Liberian constitutional referendum is scheduled.
Also expected in August: The Council is expected to receive the annual reports of the two international criminal tribunals, for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR). The Council is likely to meet with UNIFIL troop-contributing countries. The Council is likely to continue following Sudan and South Sudan closely, with meetings possible. Briefings are expected by: Special Representative Augustine Mahiga, on Somalia Special Representative Abou Moussa, on Central Africa Under-Secretary-General B. Lynn Pascoe, on the Middle East and Libya Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy, on UN Peacekeeping Operations Sanctions Committee Chairman Ambassador José Filipe Moraes Cabral, on DPRK

Important Dates over the Horizon

The next meeting of the Libya Contact Group is expected in September.
There will be an open meeting organised by the Counterterrorism Committee to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1373 and the establishment of the Committee in September.
Legislative and presidential elections in Liberia are expected in October.
Palestinian local elections are expected in the West Bank in October.
Legislative elections in Côte d’Ivoire are possible in November.
Legislative and presidential elections are tentatively scheduled in the DRC for 28 November.