S/INF/65 Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council 1 August 2009 – 31 July 2010 Security Council Official Records United Nations • New York, 2010 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 2009 to 31 July 2010, 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/65 ISSN 0257-1455 Contents Page Membership of the Security Council in 2009 and 2010 ........................................................................................................ vii Resolutions adopted and decisions taken by the Security Council from 1 August 2009 to 31 July 2010............................ 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.............................................................................................................................. 5 The situation in Cyprus .................................................................................................................................................... 10 The situation concerning Western Sahara ......................................................................................................................... 15 The situation in Timor-Leste ............................................................................................................................................ 18 United Nations peacekeeping operations.......................................................................................................................... 22 The situation between Iraq and Kuwait ............................................................................................................................ 28 The situation in Liberia .................................................................................................................................................... 29 The situation in Somalia................................................................................................................................................... 36 Items relating to the situation in the former Yugoslavia: A. The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina ................................................................................................................ 52 B. Security Council resolutions 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998), 1203 (1998), 1239 (1999) and 1244 (1999)....................... 58 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.............................................. 59 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.............................................................................................................. 64 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.............................................................................................................. 69 The question concerning Haiti.......................................................................................................................................... 71 The situation in Burundi................................................................................................................................................... 80 The situation in Afghanistan............................................................................................................................................. 85 The situation in Sierra Leone............................................................................................................................................ 101 Relations between Cameroon and Nigeria........................................................................................................................ 104 The situation in the Great Lakes region ............................................................................................................................ 104 The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo ..................................................................................... 104 The situation in the Central African Republic................................................................................................................... 126 iii Contents Page Children and armed conflict ............................................................................................................................................. 127 The situation in Guinea-Bissau......................................................................................................................................... 135 Protection of civilians in armed conflict ........................................................................................................................... 139 Women and peace and security ........................................................................................................................................ 146 Briefing by the President of the International Court of Justice .......................................................................................... 158 Briefing by the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe..................................... 159 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........................................................................................................ 159 B. United Nations Disengagement Observer Force...................................................................................................... 160 C. United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ............................................................................................................... 160 D. United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara .............................................................................. 161 E. United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo..................................................... 161 F. United Nations Mission in Liberia........................................................................................................................... 162 G. United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire.............................................................................................................. 162 H. United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.......................................................................................................... 163 I. United Nations Mission in the Sudan ...................................................................................................................... 163 J. United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste................................................................................................ 163 K. African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur..................................................................................... 164 L. United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad ......................................................................... 164 Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts................................................................................... 165 Briefings by Chairmen of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council ................................................................................ 177 The situation in Côte d’Ivoire........................................................................................................................................... 177 Security Council mission.................................................................................................................................................