Update Reports
Supplementary reports issued throughout the month on emerging or developing situations being addressed by the Security Council.
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The Council is expected to finalise a resolution on Nepal by the end of the week. The resolution is likely to endorse the Secretary-General's recommendations for the mandate and focus of a UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN). The draft resolution was circulated by the UK on 15 January and at the time of writing was being discussed at the experts level.
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Indonesia circulated on 9 January a draft presidential statement on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Initially it seemed the draft would meet the same fate as many other draft statements and resolutions on this subject. But there are signs that an important breakthrough is possible.
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Russia, as Security Council's president for January, has proposed for Monday, 8 January, a public debate on Threats to International Peace and Security. The main purpose is to provide the new UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with an occasion to formally address the Council for the first time.
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France and the UK are now sponsoring a draft resolution imposing sanctions against Iran for its non-compliance with previous resolutions from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors and Security Council resolutions requesting it to suspend enrichment-related and reprocessing activities.
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The Council will receive briefings from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and for Rwanda (ICTR) on 15 December. The Council recently received the progress reports on the respective completion strategies of the ICTY and ICTR, due every six months. Substantive action seems unlikely given the
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Qatar will circulate a draft presidential statement in response to the debate setting out the Council's views on the steps that now should be taken. It is likely to emphasise the need to revive the peace process and implement the roadmap. At the time of writing it is far from clear whether consensus can be reached on a presidential statement. Numerous attempts have been made to reach agreement during 2006 on similar language.
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On Monday 11 December the Council will hold consultations on the practical implementation of resolution 1701 (2006) (and in particular, on the operations of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon) in response to a factual report submitted by the Secretary-General by letter on 1 December. The Council is expected to adopt a presidential statement.
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The Council is expected to adopt a presidential statement on Nepal on 1 December. The statement is likely to, inter alia, endorse the Secretary-General's proposal to send a technical assessment mission to Nepal, with a view to establishing a UN political mission.
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The Council expects a briefing from Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari before the end of the month on his second visit to Myanmar. The briefing is expected to take place in closed informal consultations. A draft US resolution is possible but it may be tabled separately, after the briefing.
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Council members are currently negotiating a presidential statement on Uganda. Adoption in the next few days is possible.It seems that there is agreement that the statement should focus on the current peace talks and related issues, including the humanitarian situation.
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At press time a Qatar-sponsored draft resolution on the recent Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip is under discussion. It seems Qatar has accepted several amendments proposed in the morning by a wide range of Council members. The Council is currently holding consultations.
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On Wednesday the Council is expected to adopt a resolution defining the mandate and structure of the UN Integrated Office in Burundi (Bureau Integre des Nations Unies au Burundi or BINUB). The integrated office will be set up on 1 January for a twelve month period under the leadership of the Executive Representative of the Secretary-General and will replace the current peacekeeping mission, the UN Operation in Burundi (ONUB), when its mandate expires on 31 December 2006.
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On 27 October, the Council will hold consultations on Timor-Leste. Members are expected to receive a briefing on the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), established under resolution 1704 in August, and the arrangements regarding the Australian-led international forces. The Secretary-General's recommendations on this are still unknown.
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The mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) expires on 15 October (for the background on this issue, please see our October Forecast). However, in recent days, negotiations on the precise language of the draft resolution to extend the mandate have proved difficult. Council members, following a Russian request, will vote on the draft tomorrow, but disagreement persists.
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On Friday 29 September the Council will be briefed on Myanmar by Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Ibrahim Gambari. Even though the Council has received briefings on Myanmar last year and earlier this year, this will be the first briefing with the situation in Myanmar being officially on the Council agenda. The Council took a rare procedural vote to add this item.
