S/INF/67 Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council 1 August 2011 – 31 July 2012 Security Council Official Records United Nations New York, 2012 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 2011 to 31 July 2012, 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/67 ISSN 0257-1455 Contents Page Membership of the Security Council in 2011 and 2012..................................................................................................................... vii Resolutions adopted and decisions taken by the Security Council from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012................................ 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 Communications concerning the India-Pakistan question ............................................................................................................ 28 The situation in Cyprus ..................................................................................................................................................................... 28 The situation concerning Western Sahara ....................................................................................................................................... 34 The situation in Timor-Leste............................................................................................................................................................. 37 United Nations peacekeeping operations ........................................................................................................................................ 42 The situation between Iraq and Kuwait........................................................................................................................................... 45 The situation in Liberia...................................................................................................................................................................... 46 The situation in Somalia.................................................................................................................................................................... 58 Items relating to the situation in the former Yugoslavia: A. The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.............................................................................................................................. 89 B. Security Council resolutions 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998), 1203 (1998), 1239 (1999) and 1244 (1999).......................... 95 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.................................................... 97 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........................................................................................................................... 98 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........................................................................................................................... 104 The question concerning Haiti.......................................................................................................................................................... 106 The situation in Burundi.................................................................................................................................................................... 115 The situation in Afghanistan............................................................................................................................................................. 119 The situation in Sierra Leone............................................................................................................................................................ 138 Relations between Cameroon and Nigeria...................................................................................................................................... 144 The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo................................................................................................ 144 The situation in the Central African Republic................................................................................................................................ 155 iii Contents Page The situation in Guinea-Bissau......................................................................................................................................................... 160 Protection of civilians in armed conflict.......................................................................................................................................... 171 Women and peace and security ........................................................................................................................................................ 172 Briefing by the President of the International Court of Justice..................................................................................................... 178 Briefing by the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe...................................... 179 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.................................................................................................................... 179 B. United Nations Disengagement Observer Force.................................................................................................................. 180 C. United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon............................................................................................................................. 180 D. United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara........................................................................................ 181 E. United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo..................................... 181 F. United Nations Mission in Liberia......................................................................................................................................... 181 G. United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire........................................................................................................................... 182 H. United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti ...................................................................................................................... 182 I. United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste.............................................................................................................. 182 J. African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur............................................................................................... 183 K. United Nations Mission in South Sudan ............................................................................................................................... 183 L. United Nations Supervision Mission in the Syrian Arab Republic .................................................................................... 183 Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts............................................................................................. 184 Briefings by Chairmen of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council.........................................................................................