Notable Dates for October
| Report Due | Report for Consideration in October |
| 4 September | SG report on the implementation of resolution 1325 (Women, Peace and Security) S/PRST/2012/23 |
| 24 September | SG report on Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the Region S/RES/2098 |
| 27 September | SG report on MONUSCO (DRC) S/RES/2098 |
| 27 September | SG report on UNISFA (Abyei) S/RES/2104 |
| 1 October | SG report on MINUSMA (Mali) S/RES/2100 |
| 7 October | Somalia government’s report on the registration, distribution, use and storage of weapons by state security forces S/RES/2111 |
| 10 October | Joint AU/UN review of AMISOM (Somalia) S/RES/2111 |
| 16 October | SG report on UNAMID (Darfur) S/RES/2113 |
| 17 October | SG report on the implementation of resolution 1559 (Lebanon) S/PRST/2004/36 and S/RES/1559 |
| 21 October | SG report on piracy off the coast of Somalia S/RES/2077 |
| Mandates Expire | |
| 13 October | ISAF authorisation (Afghanistan) S/RES/2069 |
| 15 October | MINUSTAH (Haiti) S/RES/2070 |
| Other Important Dates | |
| early October | The Council will undertake a visiting mission to the Great Lakes Region (DRC, Rwanda and Uganda) and will also hold its annual consultative meeting with the AU Peace and Security Council in Addis Ababa. |
| 17 October | The General Assembly will hold elections for five non-permanent members of the Security Council. |
| 18 October | The Council will hold its annual open debate on women, peace and security. |
| 22 October | The Council will hold its quarterly open debate on the Middle East. |
| 28 October | The Council will hold a briefing on cooperation between the UN and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. |
| 30 October | The Council will hold its annual open debate on its own working methods. |
