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SECURITY COUNCIL REPORT Monthly AUG 2011 29 July 2011 This report is available onlineFORECAST and can be viewed together with research studies and Update Reports at www.securitycouncilreport.org. For daily insights by SCR on evolving Security Council actions please visit or subscribe to our recently launched “What’s In Blue” series at www.whatsinblue.org OVERVIEW FOR AUGUST India will be holding the presidency of the n the Middle East, most likely by the head CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE Security Council during August. There is an of DPA, B. Lynn Pascoe, also to be Status Update since our open debate on peacekeeping planned followed by consultations; and July Forecast .................................2 for late in the month, with a wide range of n Libya, most likely by Pascoe, followed by Libya ..................................................4 issues likely to be covered, including the consultations. Sudan and South Sudan ...................6 relationship between troop and police- The Council expects to be briefed in Kosovo ...............................................8 contributors and UN bodies, as well as consultations: Peacekeeping .................................10 the issue of resources for missions. The n by the DPA’s head B. Lynn Pascoe on Somalia ...........................................11 Secretary-General is expected to address issues of current concern (as part of the the Council at the outset of the debate. Lebanon ...........................................11 recently established monthly practice DPRK (North Korea) .......................13 A debate will also be held on Kosovo. referred to as the “horizon scanning”); UN Office in Central Africa n on the work of the UN Office in Central (UNOCA) ......................................14 Several briefings are likely on: Africa, UNOCA, (established in March) International Criminal Tribunals ...15 n developments in Kosovo, most likely by by its head Special Representative Abou Notable Dates .................................16 DPKO; Moussa; and n the transitional process developments Important Dates Over the n on the work of the DPRK Sanctions Horizon .........................................16 in Somalia and the impact of famine on Committee (the 1718 Committee) by parts of the country, by Special Repre- its chair, Portuguese Ambassador José hold consultations to discuss the renewal sentative Augustine Mahiga (either in Filipe Moraes Cabral. person or by videoconferencing), fol- of UNIFIL’s mandate and will have a formal lowed by consultations; The Council will meet in a private meeting session to adopt a resolution renewing with troop-contributors to UNIFIL and will the mandate. Aide-Memoire Important matters pending include: in the DRC, the Council requested the Council on country-specific situations n The mandate to the Secretary-General to Secretary-General to elaborate the include the protection of children is not assist with the delineation of the interna- concept of operation and rules of yet implemented. In 2010 protection of tional borders of Lebanon, especially engagement of MONUSCO, in line with children elements had been incorporated Sheb’a Farms, in accordance with resolu- the resolution, and to report back to the into just over half of the relevant country- tion 1701, continues to await completion. Council and the TCCs. The Secretary- specific reports. n The December 2004 report by the General has yet to report back to the n The committee established by resolution Secretary-General on human rights Council and the TCCs on this issue. 1540 (non-proliferation of weapons of violations in Côte d’Ivoire, requested in n UNAMI reports on human rights in Iraq, mass destruction and terrorism) has not a May 2004 presidential statement in the past were produced every two to yet completed a report this year on the (S/PRST/2004/17), was never made pub- three months. They have decreased in implementation of that resolution. (Reso- lic. Also on Côte d’Ivoire, the December their frequency. The last report, released lution 1810 of 2008 directed it to submit 2005 report by the Secretary-General’s in July 2010, covered the period from 1 the report to the Council by 24 April 2011. Special Adviser on the Prevention of July to 31 December 2009. On 24 April the committee informed the Genocide has not been published. n The request in resolution 1460 on Chil- Council that it was continuing its consid- n On 28 May 2010 in resolution 1925 on the dren and Armed Conflict that all eration of the report and would submit it mandate of MONUSCO, the operation the Secretary-General’s reports to the >>page 2 Security Council Report One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, 885 Second Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10017 T:1 212 759 9429 F:1 212 759 4038 www.securitycouncilreport.org 1 Aide-Memoire (continued) by 24 May.) Vijay Nambiar, the Secretary-General’s Secretary-General make the necessary n In its presidential statement of 22 Octo- Chef de Cabinet, took on the position of arrangements “as soon as possible.” This ber 2010 (S/PRST/2010/21) the Council Special Advisor to the Secretary-General request, reiterated in September 2010 said it looked forward to receiving within on Myanmar in what was expected to be (S/PRST/2010/19), is still outstanding. six months a report from the Secretary- temporary role. n On 11 November 2009 in resolution 1894 General which would define the UN n The Secretary-General’s Advisory on protection of civilians, the Council Secretariat’s strategic vision for UN-AU Committee on the Prevention of Geno- requested the Secretary-General to cooperation in peace and security tak- cide has been dormant since 2008 when develop guidance for UN operations and ing into account the lessons learnt from it held its last meeting. other relevant missions on reporting for the various experiences of joint coopera- n Resolution 1904 in December 2009 indi- enhancing the Council’s monitoring and tion between the two bodies. The report cated that the expert groups assisting the oversight. There has been no report back was expected to be made available in three counterterrorism committees to the Council on this. June, but now it appears it has been (the 1267 Committee on Al-Qaida and n The Council requested the Secretariat on delayed until late in the year. Taliban sanctions, the 1373 Committee 21 November 2006 (S/2006/928) to n The position of Special Envoy for Myan- or CTC, and the 1540 Committee update the index to Council notes and mar has not been filled since Ibrahim on weapons of mass destruction) statements on working methods. This Gambari left the post in January 2009. should be co-located and asked the has not been published. Status Update since our July Forecast n Afghanistan: On 6 July, the Council held Secretary-General’s most recent report attended by the Colombian and Bosnia an open debate on the situation in (S/2011/388). Djinnit urged the Council and Herzegovina foreign ministers, the Afghanistan, where the Council received to remain vigilant as several elections South African Minister of Justice and a briefing from the head of the UN Mis- scheduled between now and 2013 in the Constitutional Development, and Portu- sion in Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura subregion had the potential to ignite vio- gal’s Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs. (S/PV.6574). There was no outcome lence and instability. He also noted drug The Council heard from the Secretary- from the debate. trafficking and organised crime as threats General, Special Representative of the n Central African Republic: On 7 July, the to stability. Djinnit highlighted positive Secretary-General for Children and Council received a briefing (S/PV.6575) developments in the subregion, includ- Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy from Margaret Vogt, Special Representa- ing the end of the protracted post-election and Anthony Lake, Executive Director of tive and Head of BINUCA as she crisis in Côte d’Ivoire and Niger’s suc- UNICEF. Forty-one other member states presented the Secretary-General’s most cessful elections and political transition. also spoke at the debate. recent report (S/2011/311) on CAR. Vogt Also on Niger, he stressed the need to n Syria: On 12 July, the Council issued a emphasised that the country still faced address security and development chal- press statement condemning the 11 July serious challenges, including extreme lenges, including ending chronic food attacks on the French and US embassies poverty, weak national institutions, cor- insecurity. Djinnit also highlighted the in Damascus (SC/10321). On 14 July the ruption, a high rate of violent crime positive impact of increased women’s Council was briefed by an official from perpetrated by armed movements and participation on resolving conflicts in the IAEA on the Syrian nuclear issue brigands, human rights violations and the subregion. in informal consultations. (The IAEA impunity. She stressed that the two most n Children and Armed Conflict: On 12 referred the issue to the Council on 9 immediate challenges were the imple- July, the Security Council held an open June due to Syria’s lack of cooperation mentation of peace agreements with debate (S/PV.6581 and resumption 1) on with the Agency.) There was no Council rebel groups, and the sustainable disar- children and armed conflict and adopted outcome. Council members have been mament and reintegration of former resolution 1998 on children and armed con- keen to keep their consideration of the combatants as part of overall security- flict, expanding the criteria for listing parties nuclear issue and the embassy attacks sector reform. Jan Grauls Chair of the to conflict in the Secretary-General’s report separate from the ongoing political and PBC’s CAR Configuration also briefed on children and armed conflict to include humanitarian crisis in Syria. For months the Council saying that the PBC had con- parties that attack or threaten schools Council members have been discussing vened the Partners’ Round Table in and hospitals.