Update Report

Posted 6 January 2009
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Update Report No. 1: Security Council Subsidiary Bodies

The Security Council on 6 January 2009 agreed to elect the following chairpersons of Council committees, sanctions committees, and working groups:

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Committee

Relevant Resolution

2009 Chairperson

2008 Chairperson

Counter-Terrorism

S/RES/1373 (2001)

HE Neven Jurica (Croatia)

HE Mirjana Mladineo, HE Neven Jurica (as of 19 February 2008) (Croatia)

    Vice Chairs: France, Russian Federation and Viet Nam  

Terrorism/Weapons of Mass Destruction

S/RES/1540 (2004)

HE Jorge Urbina (Costa Rica)

 

HE Jorge Urbina (Costa Rica)

    Vice Chairs: Croatia, Mexico, and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  

Sanctions Committee

Relevant Resolution

2009 Chairperson

2008 Chairperson

Somalia

S/RES/751 (1992)

HE Claude Heller (Mexico)

HE Dumisani Kumalo (South Africa)

    Vice Chairs: Croatia and Libyan Arab Jamahiriya  

Sierra Leone

S/RES/1132 (1997)

HE Le Luong Minh (Viet Nam)

HE Le Luong Minh (Viet Nam)

 

    Vice Chairs: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Turkey  

Al-Qaida / Taliban

S/RES/1267 (1999)

HE Thomas Mayr-Harting (Austria)

HE Johan C. Verbeke, HE Jan Grauls (as of 5 June 2008) (Belgium)

    Vice Chairs: Burkina Faso and Russian Federation  

Iraq

S/RES/1518 (2003)

HE Michel Kafando (Burkina Faso)

HE Michel Kafando (Burkina Faso)

    Vice Chairs: Japan  

Liberia

S/RES/1521 (2003)

HE Giadalla A. Ettalhi (Libya)

HE Giadalla A. Ettalhi (Libya)

    Vice Chairs: Turkey and Uganda  

Democratic Republic of the Congo

S/RES/1533 (2004)

HE Baki Ilkin, HE Ertugrul Apakan (as of 4 September 2009) (Turkey)

HE R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa (Indonesia)

    Vice Chairs: Costa Rica and Viet Nam  

Côte d’Ivoire

S/RES/1572 (2004)

HE Claude Heller (Mexico)

HE Johan C. Verbeke, HE Jan Grauls (as of 5 June 2008) (Belgium)

    Vice Chairs: Austria and Uganda  

Sudan/Darfur

S/RES/1591 (2005)

HE Thomas Mayr-Harting

HE Marcello Spatafora, HE Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata (as of 20 August 2008) (Italy)

    Vice Chairs: Croatia and Mexico  

Lebanon

S/RES/1636 (2005)

HE Michel Kafando (Burkina Faso)

HE Michel Kafando (Burkina Faso)

 

    Vice Chairs: Austria and Viet Nam  

(DPRK) North Korea

S/RES/1718 (2006)

HE Baki Ilkin HE Ertugrul Apakan (as of 4 September 2009) (Turkey)

HE Marcello Spatafora, HE Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata (as of 20 August 2008) (Italy)

    Vice Chair: Costa Rica  

Iran

S/RES/1737 (2006)

HE Yukio Takasu (Japan)

HE Johan C. Verbeke, HE Jan Grauls (as of 5 June 2008) (Belgium)

    Vice Chair: Burkina Faso  

Working Group

Relevant Document

2009 Chairperson

2008 Chairperson

Peacekeeping

S/PRST/2001/3

HE Yukio Takasu (Japan)

HE R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa (Indonesia)

Conflict Prevention & Resolution in Africa

S/2002/207

HE Ruhakana Rugunda (Uganda)

HE Dumisani Kumalo (South Africa)

Additional measures on Terrorism

S/RES/1566 (2004)

HE Neven Jurica (Croatia)

HE Mirjana Mladineo, HE Neven Jurica (as of 19 February 2008) (Croatia)

Children in Armed Conflict

S/RES/1612 (2005)

HE Claude Heller (Mexico)

HE Jean-Maurice Ripert (France)

Documentation and Other Procedural Questions

S/2006/66

HE Yukio Takasu (Japan)

HE Ricardo Alberto Arias (Panama)

International Tribunals

 

HE Thomas Mayr-Harting (Austria)

HE Johan C. Verbeke, HE Jan Grauls (as of 5 June 2008) (Belgium)

UN Documents

Selected Letters

  • S/2009/2 (6 January 2009) decided the elections for chairpersons and vice chairs of Council committees, sanctions committees, and working groups for the period ending 31 December 2009.
  • S/RES/1823 (10 July 2008) was the Security Council’s decision to terminate the remaining measures, contained in paragraphs 9 and 10 of resolution 1011 (1995), and to dissolve the Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda.

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