Update Reports
Supplementary reports issued throughout the month on emerging or developing situations being addressed by the Security Council.
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The Security Council intends to adopt a resolution by 30 June that would lead to states releasing publicly information on why a person or entity is placed on a sanctions list by the 1267 Committee on Al Qaida and the Taliban. In a move towards transparency, the resolution may also direct the Committee, composed of all 15
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After more than 7 years of activities, the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) was officially closed down on 29 February 2008 following the Council decision in June 2007 to terminate its mandate.
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The Council will hold an open debate tomorrow, 24 June, on the recent border fighting between Djibouti and Eritrea. The meeting will be convened at the request of Djibouti under the general agenda item “Peace and Security in Africa.” It is intended to provide an opportunity for the parties to present views.
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The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)-affected areas, Joaquim Chissano, is expected to brief the Council on 20 June. The meeting, which will be held in private Informal Consultations, is likely to focus on the increasingly bleak prospects for the peace process between the Ugandan
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The Council is expecting a briefing from the Secretary-General on 20 June on his plans to reconfigure the United Nations in Kosovo. His report on the situation and proposed changes was circulated to Council members on 12 June.
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Members have been discussing a draft presidential statement on the issue of Sudan’s cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC). It is unclear whether agreement will be reached. It is possible that Costa Rica, the draft’s sponsor, may table it as a draft resolution.
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The US, which has the presidency in June, has advocated for an open thematic debate on “women, peace and security: sexual violence in situations of armed conflict.” Council members have now agreed to schedule this for 19 June. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to chair the debate. It seems that Secretary-General
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Council members are negotiating a draft resolution on Afghanistan which focuses on the trafficking of chemical precursors of heroin.
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The Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) is expected to hold elections on 23 June to select its new chairman and vice-chairs. Elections for new members to the PBC by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the General Assembly are also awaited. The PBC’s annual report is to be finalised and released by end of June.
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On 1 and 2 June, the Council will visit East Africa with a brief passage through Nairobi, Kenya. While the main topic for discussion in that part of Africa is likely to be Somalia, inevitably recent developments in Kenya will be in the minds of Council members.
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The Council will meet on Friday, 30 May 2008, in response to Georgia’s request for a meeting to discuss the report of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) on the downing of an unmanned aerial vehicle on 20 April. (The Council met on 23 April in response to a similar request from Georgia to discuss the 20 April incident.)
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A Council mission will visit Africa between 30 May and 10 June. The itinerary so far includes Kenya (for discussions on Somalia),Sudan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Côte d’Ivoire. The mission may also visit Djibouti, where the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and elements from the Asmara-
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It seems possible that the Council will take up the situation in Lebanon in the coming days. More than sixty people were killed in recent armed clashes between followers of the government majority led by the Future Movement (a Sunni Muslim organization) and those of the Syria-backed Hezbollah and Amal-led opposition (a
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The Council has been discussing, both at the experts level and in informal consultations, the humanitarian situation in Myanmar since Cyclone Nargis struck the country on 2 May 2008.
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On 20 May, the Council will take up a new British initiative on securing peace in post-conflict situations, which was launched by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in the Security Council on 16 April 2008.