A/62/2 United Nations Report of the Security Council 1 August 2006-31 July 2007 General Assembly Official Records Sixty-second Session Supplement No. 2 (A/62/2) General Assembly Official Records Sixty-second Session Supplement No. 2 (A/62/2) Report of the Security Council 1 August 2006-31 July 2007 United Nations • New York, 2007 Note Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital 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 [25 October 2007] 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 29 I. Resolutions adopted by the Security Council during the period from 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007................................................................... 29 II. Statements made and/or issued by the President of the Security Council during the period from 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007 ............................................... 33 III. Official communiqués issued by the Security Council during the period from 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007 ................................................................ 36 IV. Monthly assessments by former Presidents of the work of the Security Council for the period from 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007 ............................................... 40 V. Meetings of the Security Council held during the period from 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007 41 VI. Meetings of the Security Council and troop-contributing countries held during the period from 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007 ............................................... 64 VII. Meetings of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council held during the period from 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007 ........................................................... 65 VIII. Annual reports of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council............................ 68 A. Annual reports of committees ................................................ 68 B. Annual reports of working groups ............................................. 68 IX. Reports of panels and monitoring mechanisms....................................... 69 X. Reports of Security Council missions . ......................................... 70 XI. Peacekeeping operations established, functioning or terminated, 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007................................................................... 71 XII. Assistance missions and offices established, functioning or terminated, 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007................................................................... 73 XIII. Reports of the Secretary-General issued during the period from 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007................................................................... 74 XIV. Summary statements by the Secretary-General on matters of which the Security Council was seized during the period from 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007 .......................... 80 XV. Notes by the President of the Security Council issued during the period from 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2007 ................................................................ 81 07-56517 iii Part II Questions considered by the Security Council under its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security 83 1. Items relating to the situation in the Middle East ..................................... 83 A. The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question ................. 83 B. The situation in the Middle East .............................................. 90 1. United Nations Disengagement Observer Force ............................. 90 2. United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) ............................................................... 92 3. Security Council resolution 1559 (2004) ................................... 101 4. Security Council resolution 1595 (2005) ................................... 101 5. The situation in the Middle East .......................................... 103 2. The situation in Cyprus ......................................................... 105 3. The situation concerning Western Sahara ........................................... 108 4. The situation in Timor-Leste ..................................................... 109 5. The situation in Liberia ......................................................... 111 6. The situation in Somalia ........................................................ 113 7. Items relating to the situation in the former Yugoslavia................................ 116 A. The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina ....................................... 116 B. Security Council resolutions 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998), 1203 (1998), 1239 (1999) and 1244 (1999) ............................................................... 117 8. The situation in Georgia ........................................................ 119 9. The situation concerning Rwanda ................................................. 121 10. The question concerning Haiti ................................................... 122 11. The situation in Burundi ........................................................ 123 12. The situation in Afghanistan ..................................................... 125 13. The situation in Sierra Leone .................................................... 128 14. 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 and 31 December 1994 ............................................................. 130 15. The situation in the Great Lakes region ............................................ 132 16. The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo ........................ 134 iv 17. The situation in the Central African Republic ....................................... 137 18. The situation in Africa .......................................................... 139 19. The situation between Eritrea and Ethiopia ......................................... 140 20. Children and armed conflict ..................................................... 142 21. 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 and 31 December 1994 ............................................................. 144 22. Protection of civilians in armed conflict ........................................... 146 23. Small arms ................................................................... 147 24. General issues relating to sanctions ............................................... 148 25. Women and peace and security ................................................... 149 26. Briefing by the President of the International Court of Justice ......................... 149 27. Strengthening cooperation with troop-contributing countries ........................... 150 A. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B ........................................................... 150 B. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B ........................................................... 150 C. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B............................................. 150 D. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B ........................................................... 151 E. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B ............................... 151 F. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B ........................................................... 151 G. Meeting of the Security