Sudan

  • November 2010

    Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    A ministerial-level meeting is expected on 16 November where the Council will be briefed on preparations for the referenda in Sudan, the situation in Darfur and progress of the Doha peace talks.

  • October 2010

    Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    The high-level meeting on Sudan held at UN Headquarters on 24 September has focused attention on the risks over the coming months and seems likely to ensure ongoing attention in the Council as well. At press time there were indicators that the Council would visit Sudan in the first week of October.

  • September 2010

    Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    In September, the Sudan Sanctions Committee’s group of experts is likely to submit its report in advance of the 15 October 2010 expiration of their mandate. The periodic report of the Sanctions Committee also falls due in September.

  • July 2010

    Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    In July the Council is expected to renew the mandate of UNAMID which expires on 31 July. Prior to that, the Council expects to receive a report from the Secretary-General. Consultations on UNMIS are also likely.

  • June 2010

    Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    In June, the Council is expected to hold a high-level meeting on the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the Darfur peace process with the heads of the two operations in Sudan, Haile Menkerios and Ibrahim Gambari, AU-UN Joint Chief Mediator Djibril Bassolé and former South African President Thabo Mbeki, who headed the AU Panel on Darfur.

  • May 2010

    Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    In May, the Council is expecting the Secretary-General’s report on Darfur. It is likely to receive a briefing by the head of UN peacekeeping, Alain Le Roy, and discuss the report in consultations. The Council will also be following closely wider events in Sudan including the aftermath of the April elections and the issues between North and South Sudan.

  • March 2010

    Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    In March, the Council is expecting a briefing by the Sudan Sanctions Committee chairman and also the mid-term report from its Panel of Experts. Consultations are also expected and members seem likely to discuss recent developments and the upcoming April elections.

  • February 2010

    Sudan/Darfur

    Monthly Forecast

    In February, the Council is expected to review a report from the Secretary-General on Darfur. Discussions will likely focus on the strategic elements laid out in July 2009 in resolution 1881 and in particular on efforts to accelerate the Darfur peace process, taking into account the briefing to the Council on 21 December 2009 on the recommendations of the AU High-Level Panel on Darfur.

  • December 2009

    Sudan/Darfur

    Monthly Forecast

    In December, the Council is expected to review the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). (The Secretary-General’s report was published on 16 November.) Under-Secretary-General for Field Support Susana Malcorra and Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy are likely to brief the Council on progress with the deployment of UNAMID.

  • November 2009

    Sudan/Darfur

    Monthly Forecast

    In November the Council is due to discuss the Secretary-General’s report on the AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). It is expected to provide an update on the political process, security and humanitarian situation in Darfur. The mandate of UNAMID expires on 31 July.

  • October 2009

    Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    In October the Council is due to discuss the Darfur issue and renew the mandate of the Sudan Sanctions Committee’s Panel of Experts. The Panel’s report was due in September and its mandate expires on 15 October.

  • September 2009

    Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    In September the Council is expected to receive a briefing by the Sudan Sanctions Committee chairman. The Committee will also receive the final report from its Panel of Experts before the panel’s mandate expires on 15 October.

  • July 2009

    Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    he mandate of the AU/UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) expires on 31 Julyand the Council is expected to renew. The Council will consider the two most recent Secretary-General’s reports on UNAMID (one covering April and May and one likely to be received in mid-July covering June) and will be briefed by the joint AU-UN Special Representative, Rodolphe Adada.

  • June 2009

    Sudan

    Monthly Forecast

    Several Council meetings on Sudan are likely in June, although no formal Council action is expected.The Council will receive its regular briefing by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the first since the March indictment of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir.

  • 7 May 2009

    Update Report No. 1: Chad-Sudan

    Update Report

    On the morning of 8 May the Council is expected to hold an open meeting on the request of 6 May by the Permanent Representative of Chad, Ahmad Allam-mi, ”to discuss the attack perpetrated by the Sudan against…Chad.” The Secretariat is expected to brief and the Chadian ambassador is also likely to participate.