A/67/2 United Nations Report of the Security Council 1 August 2011-31 July 2012 General Assembly Official Records Sixty-seventh Session Supplement No. 2 General Assembly Official Records Sixty-seventh Session Supplement No. 2 Report of the Security Council 1 August 2011-31 July 2012 United Nations • New York, 2012 A/67/2 Note Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. Documents of the Security Council (symbol S/...) are normally published in quarterly Supplements to the Official Records of the Security Council. The date of the document indicates the supplement in which it appears or in which information about it is given. The resolutions of the Security Council are published in yearly volumes of Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council. ISSN 0082-8238 [8 November 2012] Contents Chapter Page Introduction ................................................................... 1 Part I Activities relating to all questions considered by the Security Council under its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security I. Resolutions adopted by the Security Council during the period from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012................................................................... 55 II. Statements made and/or issued by the President of the Security Council during the period from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012 ............................................... 59 III. Official communiqués issued by the Security Council during the period from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012 ................................................................ 61 IV. Meetings of the Security Council held during the period from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012.. 63 V. Meetings of the Security Council and troop- and police-contributing countries held during the period from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012 ...................................... 88 VI. Meetings of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council held during the period from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012 ............................................................ 89 VII. Annual reports of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council issued during the period from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012 .................................................... 92 A. Annual reports of committees ................................................ 92 B. Annual reports of working groups ............................................. 92 VIII. Reports of panels and monitoring mechanisms issued during the period from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012 ................................................................ 93 IX. Reports of Security Council missions issued during the period from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012................................................................... 94 X. Peacekeeping operations established, functioning or terminated during the period from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012 .................................................... 95 XI. Assistance missions and offices established, functioning or terminated during the period from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012 ............................................... 96 XII. Reports of the Secretary-General issued during the period from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012 ......................................................................... 97 XIII. Summary statements by the Secretary-General of matters of which the Security Council was seized during the period from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012........................... 102 XIV. Notes by the President of the Security Council issued during the period from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012 ................................................................ 103 XV. Monthly assessments by former Presidents of the work of the Security Council for the period from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2012 ............................................... 104 iii Part II Questions considered by the Security Council under its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security 1. Items relating to the situation in the Middle East ..................................... 105 A. The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question ................. 105 B. The situation in the Middle East .............................................. 111 1. United Nations Disengagement Observer Force ............................. 111 2. United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) ........................................................... 113 3. Security Council resolution 1559 (2004) ................................... 117 4. Security Council resolution 1595 (2005) ................................... 118 5. The situation in the Middle East .......................................... 119 6. Other matters relating to the situation in the Middle East...................... 119 (a) Syrian Arab Republic ............................................... 119 (b) Yemen ........................................................... 134 2. The situation in Cyprus.......................................................... 135 3. The situation concerning Western Sahara ........................................... 137 4. The situation in Timor-Leste ..................................................... 138 5. United Nations peacekeeping operations............................................ 139 6. The situation in Liberia.......................................................... 140 7. The situation in Somalia ......................................................... 142 8. Items relating to the situation in the former Yugoslavia................................ 145 A. The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina ....................................... 145 B. Security Council resolutions 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998), 1203 (1998), 1239 (1999) and 1244 (1999) ............................................................... 145 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 ................................................................ 147 9. 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.............................................................. 148 iv 10. 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.............................................................. 150 11. The question concerning Haiti .................................................... 151 12. The situation in Burundi ......................................................... 152 13. The situation in Afghanistan...................................................... 153 14. The situation in Sierra Leone ..................................................... 155 15. The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo ........................ 156 16. The situation in the Central African Republic........................................ 158 17. Children and armed conflict ...................................................... 159 18. The situation in Guinea-Bissau ................................................... 160 19. Protection of civilians in armed conflict ............................................ 162 20. Women and peace and security.................................................... 163 21. Briefing by the President of the International Court of Justice .......................... 164 22. Briefing by the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ....................................................................... 164 23. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop- and police-contributing countries pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B ................................. 165 A. United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus................................... 165 B. United Nations Disengagement Observer Force.................................. 165 C. United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon....................................... 165 D. United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara ..................... 165 E. United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.................................................................... 166 F. United Nations Mission in Liberia............................................. 166 G. United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire ...................................... 166 H. United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti ................................... 166 I. African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur ........................ 167 J. United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste ............................... 167 K. United Nations