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20 September 2011
Update Report No. 1: High-Level Meeting on Preventive Diplomacy
Update Report
A high-level meeting of the Council focusing on how to strengthen and consolidate preventive diplomacy is scheduled for 22 September. President Michel Suleiman of Lebanon, which holds the Council presidency this month, will preside. The Secretary-General is expected to brief the Council and is likely to focus on his recent report on preventive diplomacy. It appears that several heads of state and other high level officials will participate. Read more
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25 July 2011
Update Report No. 1: Israel/Palestine
Update Report
On Tuesday, 26 July the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, will brief the Council. The Council will then hold its regular quarterly open debate on the Middle East. The stalemated Israel/Palestine peace process is expected to be the focus of discussion against the backdrop of the failure of the Quartet, again, at its 11 July meeting in Washington DC to reach an agreement and heightened expectations of developments in the General Assembly in September. At press time, it seemed likely that Serry would report that negotiations were still to materialise and that no other credible initiatives were on the horizon. Read more
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July 2011
Afghanistan
Monthly Forecast
The Council is expected to hold an open debate on Afghanistan, during which it will receive a briefing from the head of UNAMA, Staffan de Mistura, drawing upon the latest quarterly report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan. UNAMA's mandate expires on 23 March 2012. Read more
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2 May 2011
Special Research Report No. 1: Emerging Security Threats in West Africa
Research Report
This special research report provides an analysis of a set of new issues that have been emerging in the West African subregion and possible implications for the Security Council in the coming year(s). It identifies some key emerging threats to peace and security in the 16-state subregion and their linkages to existing security challenges. The report points to a key feature: the fact that some of the new threats are essentially criminal rather than political in nature. However, it explains also the growing political and security implications. The report also highlights action already taken by the Council to recognise these threats and considers options available to the Council to tackle these issues going forward. The raw material for the study was derived from literature research; field research in a number of countries in the West African subregion (including Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria); and interviews in the region with diplomats, government officials and officials of relevant international intergovernmental bodies (e.g. UN Office in West Africa or UNOWA, UN Office for Drugs and Crime or UNODC, the Economic Community of West African States or ECOWAS and the AU), NGOs and academics. Read more
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April 2011
Somalia
Monthly Forecast
In April the Council is expected to adopt a resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia. Council members have been unable to agree on the establishment of specialised courts to try suspected pirates but seem likely to ask for an urgent report from the Secretary-General on practical implementation issues with a view to taking decisions in June or July. Read more
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March 2011
Lebanon
Monthly Forecast
In March Council members are expected to hold consultations on the Secretary-General’s report on the implementation of resolution 1701, which in August 2006 called for a cessation of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel. UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams is expected to brief. Read more
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March 2011
Afghanistan
Monthly Forecast
The Council is expected to extend the mandate of UNAMA, for a further 12 months ahead of the expiry of its mandate on 23 March. Read more
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December 2010
Sudan
Monthly Forecast
In December, the Council will be briefed by the head of UN peacekeeping, Alain Le Roy, on the progress of preparations for the referenda to be held on 9 January in southern Sudan and Abyei and the situation in Darfur. Read more
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December 2010
UNDOF (Golan)
Monthly Forecast
UNDOF was established in May 1974 to monitor the ceasefire between Israel and Syria. The mandate expires on 31 December. Following its usual practice, the Council is expected to extend the mandate for six months and call upon Israel and Syria to implement resolution 338. Read more
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September 2010
Somalia
Monthly Forecast
The Secretary-General’s report on Somalia is due by 1 September. Later in the month the Council is expected to hold a debate on Somalia most likely featuring a briefing by the Secretary-General’s new Special Representative Augustine Mahiga. This would be Mahiga’s first appearance before the Council since his appointment in June. Read more
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24 June 2010
Update Report No. 3: Rule of Law
Update Report
An open debate on “The Promotion and Strengthening of the Rule of Law in the Maintenance of International Peace and Security” is scheduled for 29 June. The debate which has been initiated by Mexico in its capacity as president is expected to be chaired by Juan Manuel Gómez-Robledo, Deputy Foreign Minister for multilateral Read more
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12 April 2010
Update Report No. 1: Peacebuilding
Update Report
On 16 April the Council will hold an open debate on Post Conflict Peace Building: Comprehensive Peacebuilding Strategy to Prevent the Recurrence of Conflict under the presidency of the Council for April, Japan. The meeting is expected to be chaired by the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsuya. Read more
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February 2010
Iraq
Monthly Forecast
The Council is scheduled to receive a briefing on Iraq in February. Some discussion of the expected report from the Secretary-General is likely. However no action is expected. (UNAMI’s mandate expires on 6 August.) Read more
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4 December 2009
Update Report No. 1: Drug Trafficking as a Threat to International Security
Update Report
The Council is set to hold an open debate on 8 December on the topic of drug trafficking as a threat to international security.The debate is expected to be presided over by the Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso, Bédouma Alain Yoda. The presence of other ministerial level speakers is possible. Read more
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December 2009
Iraq
Monthly Forecast
Several issues relating to Iraq are expected to come up in December. They concern the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and its independent auditor, the International Advisory and Monitoring Board for Iraq (IAMB). Read more
