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S/INF/68 Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council 1 August 2012 – 31 July 2013 Security Council Official Records United Nations New York, 2014 NOTE The present volume of Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council contains the resolutions adopted and the decisions taken by the Council on substantive questions during the period from 1 August 2012 to 31 July 2013, as well as decisions on some of the more important procedural matters. The resolutions and decisions are set out in parts I and II, under general headings indicating the questions under consideration. In each part, the questions are arranged according to the date on which they were first taken up by the Council, and under each question the resolutions and decisions appear in chronological order. The resolutions are numbered in the order of their adoption. Each resolution is followed by the result of the vote. Decisions are usually taken without a vote. S/INF/68 ISSN 0257–1455 Contents Page Membership of the Security Council in 2012 and 2013 vii Resolutions adopted and decisions taken by the Security Council from 1 August 2012 to 31 July 2013 1 Part I. Questions considered by the Security Council under its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security Items relating to the situation in the Middle East: A. The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question................................................................................. 1 B. The situation in the Middle East............................................................................................................................................. 4 The situation in Cyprus ..................................................................................................................................................................... 16 The situation concerning Western Sahara ....................................................................................................................................... 21 The situation in Timor-Leste............................................................................................................................................................. 24 United Nations peacekeeping operations ........................................................................................................................................ 26 The situation between Iraq and Kuwait........................................................................................................................................... 31 The situation in Liberia...................................................................................................................................................................... 33 The situation in Somalia.................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Items relating to the situation in the former Yugoslavia: A. The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.............................................................................................................................. 70 B. Security Council resolutions 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998), 1203 (1998), 1239 (1999) and 1244 (1999).......................... 75 C. International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991.................................................... 76 International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1994........................................................................................................................... 79 International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1994........................................................................................................................... 81 The question concerning Haiti.......................................................................................................................................................... 82 The situation in Burundi.................................................................................................................................................................... 88 The situation in Afghanistan............................................................................................................................................................. 92 The situation in Sierra Leone............................................................................................................................................................ 110 Relations between Cameroon and Nigeria...................................................................................................................................... 120 The situation in the Great Lakes region........................................................................................................................................... 120 The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo................................................................................................ 124 The situation in the Central African Republic................................................................................................................................ 143 iii Contents Page Children and armed conflict.............................................................................................................................................................. 147 The situation in Guinea-Bissau......................................................................................................................................................... 154 Protection of civilians in armed conflict.......................................................................................................................................... 161 Women and peace and security ........................................................................................................................................................ 165 Briefing by the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe...................................... 172 Meeting of the Security Council with the troop- and police-contributing countries pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B: A. United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.................................................................................................................... 173 B. United Nations Disengagement Observer Force.................................................................................................................. 173 C. United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon............................................................................................................................. 174 D. United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara........................................................................................ 174 E. United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo..................................... 174 F. United Nations Mission in Liberia......................................................................................................................................... 175 G. United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire........................................................................................................................... 175 H. United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti ...................................................................................................................... 176 I. African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur............................................................................................... 176 J. United Nations Mission in South Sudan ............................................................................................................................... 176 K. United Nations Supervision Mission in the Syrian Arab Republic .................................................................................... 177 Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts............................................................................................. 177 Briefings by Chairmen of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council.......................................................................................... 202 The situation in Côte d’Ivoire........................................................................................................................................................... 202 Security Council mission ...............................................................................................................................................................