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  • 6 July 2012

    A/HRC/RES/20/22

    The Human Rights Council adopted this resolution which condemned the gross human rights violations and indiscriminate targeting of civilians in Syria by government authorities and the Shabiha.

  • 6 July 2012

    SC/10702

    This statement condemned recent attacks by the M23 group.

  • 6 July 2012

    A/HRC/RES/20/21

    This was a Human Right Council resolution that adopted without a vote, strongly condemned grave and systematic human rights abuses committed against the population, in particular by Al-Shabaab and its affiliates, and called for all parties to take immediate steps to protect women and children.

  • 6 July 2012

    S/2012/523

    This report included options for the UNSMIS renewal.

  • 5 July 2012

    S/RES/2057

    Renewed UNMISS through 15 July 2013.

  • 5 July 2012

    S/RES/2056

    This resolution expressed the Council’s full support for the joint efforts of ECOWAS, the AU and the transitional authorities in Mali trying to re-establish constitutionality and territorial integrity.

  • 5 July 2012

    S/2012/521

    This letter from the Secretary-General reappointed the eight experts on the PoE.

  • 5 July 2012

    S/PV.6799

    The Council heard a briefing by Karin Landgren, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and outgoing head of BNUB, and Paul Seger, the Chair of the PBC’s country-specific configuration for Burundi.

  • 5 July 2012

    S/2012/522

    This was the final communiqué of the 30 June meeting of the Action Group for Syria in Geneva.

  • 5 July 2012

    SC/10700

    The Council welcomed the commencement of the functioning of the Arusha branch of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals on 1 July 2012.

  • 3 July 2012

    A/HRC/RES/20/17

    The Human Rights Council condemned human rights violations and acts of violence committed in northern Mali by the rebels, terrorist groups and organised transnational crime networks.

  • 2 July 2012

    A/HRC/21/29

    This report was on "The Question of the Death Penalty."

  • 29 June 2012

    S/RES/2055

    This resolution expanded the 1540 Committee's Group of Experts from eight to nine.

  • 29 June 2012

    S/2012/507

    This was an UNFICYP report.

  • 29 June 2012

    S/PV.6796

    This was a briefing on the UN Office in Central Africa and the Lord’s Resistance Army.

  • 29 June 2012

    S/PRST/2012/18

    This presidential statement strongly condemned the ongoing attacks carried out by the LRA in parts of central Africa and welcomed the official launching of the AU-led Regional Cooperation Initiative against the LRA in March.

  • 29 June 2012

    S/RES/2054

    This resolution extended three ICTR judges’ terms.

  • 29 June 2012

    S/2012/510

    This was a Secretary-General report on West Africa.

  • 29 June 2012

    S/2012/506

    This was the Secretary-General’s report on UNOCI.

  • 28 June 2012

    S/2012/502

    This is a report on the implementation of resolution 1701.

  • 27 June 2012

    S/RES/2053

    This resolution renewed MONUSCO’s mandate until 30 June 2013.

  • 27 June 2012

    S/RES/2052

    Extended UNDOF for six months and noted that events elsewhere in Syria had started to manifest themselves in UNDOF's area of responsibilities.

  • 27 June 2012

    S/PV.6793

    This was a briefing on the situation in Afghanistan.

  • 27 June 2012

    A/C.5/66/18

    This was the approved resources for peacekeeping operations for the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013.

  • 27 June 2012

    S/2012/544

    This was the final report on Somalia of the Monitoring Group assisting the 751/1907 Somalia and Eritrea Sanctions Committee.

  • 27 June 2012

    S/2012/493

    This letter from the Secretary-General reappointed the Panel of Experts.

  • 26 June 2012

    S/2012/348/Add.1

    This was the addendum of the interim report of the Group of Experts on the DRC, discussing Rwanda's support for the M23.

  • 26 June 2012

    S/2012/486

    This report of the Secretary-General was on UNMISS.

  • 25 June 2012

    S/PV.6790

    This biannual open debate on protection of civilians in armed conflict featured briefings by the Secretary-General and by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic, as well as the Director for International Law and Cooperation at the ICRC, Philip Spoerri.

  • This was the resumption of a briefing on the protection of civilians.

  • 25 June 2012

    S/2012/481

    This letter contained the UN regional strategy to address LRA activities.

  • 25 June 2012

    S/2012/482

    This contained a letter from South Sudan to Mbeki, regarding the negotiations.

  • 22 June 2012

    S/2012/479

    This letter from the Secretary-General to the Council appointing five experts to the Group of Experts as requested in resolution 2045.

  • 21 June 2012

    S/2012/470

    This letter was from the President of the Council noting the receipt of the Secretary-General's 18 June letter.

  • 21 June 2012

    A/66/PV.117

    At this meeting the General Assembly endorsed the recommendations of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions to allow the utilisation of the subvention amount to the SCSL beyond 31 July 2012.

  • 20 June 2012

    S/2012/466

    This letter transmitted the conclusions of the first meeting of the AU’s Support and Follow-up Group on the Situation in Mali.

  • 20 June 2012

    S/PV.6789

    This was a meeting with Force Commanders from UN peacekeeping missions.

  • 20 June 2012

    S/2012/462

    This was a Secretary-General’s quarterly report on the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.

  • 20 June 2012

    S/2012/468

    This letter contained a 60-day AU report on AMISOM requested by resolution 2036.

  • 20 June 2012

    S/2012/471

    This letter from the Permanent Representative of Libya concerned the arrest of an ICC delegation.

  • 20 June 2012

    SC/10680

    The Council renewed the funding for the high-level coordinator for Iraq-Kuwait missing persons and property.

  • 19 June 2012

    S/PV.6788

    This was a regular monthly briefing on the Middle East.

  • 19 June 2012

    S/2012/459

    This letter took note of the Secretary-General's letter of 15 June.

  • 18 June 2012

    S/2012/469

    This letter was from the Secretary-General to the President of the Council noting his intention to establish a small office of the Special Adviser for the initial period of 12 months.

  • 18 June 2012

    SC/10676

    The Council expressed its readiness to back military in Mali once additional information provided by ECOWAS.

  • 18 June 2012

    SC/10677

    The Council underscored the importance of establishing border-monitoring mechanisms.

  • 15 June 2012

    S/2012/458

    This letter from the Secretary-General appointed Maj. Gen. Iqbal Singh Singha as the new Head of Mission and UNDOF Force Commander.

  • 15 June 2012

    SC/10675

    This press statement condemned recent attacks by the M23 group.

  • 15 June 2012

    SC/10674

    The Council expressed concern at the detention of the ICC staff members.

  • 14 June 2012

    S/2012/422

    This note contained the PoE’s 2012 final report.

  • 14 June 2012

    S/2012/443

    This was a report of the Secretary-General regarding Iraq-Kuwait issues.

  • 13 June 2012

    S/2012/444

    This letter was from Ambassador Baso Sangqu (South Africa) containing the joint communiqué issued after the sixth consultative meeting between the UN Security Council and the AU Peace and Security Council.

  • 13 June 2012

    S/2012/442

    The Council acknowledged the appointment of Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber (Germany) as the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Western Sahara and head of MINURSO in response to S/2012/441.

  • 13 June 2012

    S/2012/477

    This is Lebanon’s declaration from the 11 June National Dialogue meeting (the first since November 2010).

  • 13 June 2012

    S/2012/439

    The Secretary-General transmitted a letter from President Boni Yaya of Benin, Chairperson of AU, on the situation in Mali.

  • 13 June 2012

    S/2012/440

    This letter from the Secretary-General conveyed a letter from the President of the ICC to the President of the Security Council.

  • 12 June 2012

    S/RES/2050

    This resolution extended the mandate of the PoE until 12 July 2013.

  • 12 June 2012

    S/RES/2051

    This resolution focused on the second phase of the transition and expressed the Council’s readiness to consider further measures, including under Article 41 of the Charter.

  • 12 June 2012

    S/PV.6786

    The Chair of the Sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), Ambassador Néstor Osorio (Colombia), briefed the Council on the Committee’s work.

  • 12 June 2012

    S/PV.6785

    This was a briefing by Roger Meece, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of MONUSCO, on recent developments in the DRC, including a recent mutiny led by army officers which has caused a serious deterioration of security in the Kivus.

  • 11 June 2012

    S/2012/430

    This was from Jeannot Kouadio-Ahoussou, Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire, requesting the extension of the mandate of UNOCI.

  • 11 June 2012

    S/2012/421

    This report was on the activities of UNOCA and on LRA-affected areas.

  • 8 June 2012

    S/2012/412

    This was a Secretary-General’s report on Eritrea requested by resolution 2023, as first released on 8 June.

  • 8 June 2012

    SC/10668

    The Council condemned the attack by unknown militia fighters which killed seven peacekeepers from Niger and eleven others in the southwest of Côte d'Ivoire near the Liberian border.

  • 7 June 2012

    S/RES/2049

    The Council renewed the mandate of the Iran Sanctions Committee’s Panel of Experts for 13 months.

  • 7 June 2012

    S/PV.6782

    The Council held a debate on the ICTR/ICTY where top officials of the two tribunals briefed the Council.

  • 6 June 2012

    S/PV.6780

    The Council was briefed by Margaret Vogt, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the CAR.

  • 6 June 2012

    SC/10665

    Acknowledged efforts made by the Government regarding the launch of the political dialogue on 15 May and expressed concern over the lack of consensus on the reform of the electoral code. Expressed concern at a surge in reports of human rights violations committed by defence and security forces, including arbitrary arrest, illegal detention and reports of abuses including harassment in the area controlled by armed groups.

  • 5 June 2012

    S/PV.6778

    This was a briefing by the ICC Prosecutor on the Court's work in Sudan

  • 5 June 2012

    S/2012/403

    Was the Secretary-General's report covering the period January to June 2012.

  • 5 June 2012

    S/2012/402

    This note expressed members' commitment to several efficiency-enhancing working methods modifications.

  • 4 June 2012

    S/2012/395

    This was a report of the Panel of Experts assisting the Sanctions Committee.

  • 4 June 2012

    A/HRC/23/49/Add.3

    This was the report of the special rapporteur on violence against women following her 28 October to 6 November 2012 mission to BiH.

  • 31 May 2012

    S/PV.6777

    This was the briefing on the Council’s visit to West Africa from 18 to 24 May, including Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

  • 29 May 2012

    S/PV.6776

    Special Adviser Jamal Benomar briefed the Council on Yemen.

  • 29 May 2012

    S/PV.6775

    This was a regular monthly briefings on the Middle East.

  • 29 May 2012

    S/2012/374

    This was a report of the Secretary-General on CAR and the activities of BINUCA.

  • 27 May 2012

    SC/10658

    The Council condemned the 25 and 26 May attacks in el-Houleh.

  • 27 May 2012

    S/2012/368

    This letter from the Secretary-General concerned on the el-Houleh attacks.

  • 25 May 2012

    S/2012/365

    This report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict concerned the LRA.

  • 25 May 2012

    GOV/2012/23

    This was an IAEA report.

  • 25 May 2012

    S/2012/363

    This letter from the Secretary-General concerned the el-Houleh attacks.

  • 24 May 2012

    S/2012/448

    This was the midterm report of the Panel of Experts supporting the sanctions regime.

  • 24 May 2012

    GA/AB/4032

    At this meeting the General Assembly’s Fifth Committee discussed the subvention to the SCSL.

  • 24 May 2012

    A/66/PV.110

    This is the meeting record during which the General Assembly extended for two years the appointment of Navi Pillay as High Commissioner for Human Rights.

  • 24 May 2012

    S/2012/358

    This report was on UNISFA

  • 23 May 2012

    S/2012/355

    This report of the Secretary-General was on MONUSCO.

  • 22 May 2012

    S/2012/376

    This was the ninth report of the Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.

  • 22 May 2012

    S/2012/352

    This letter from South Sudan to the Council accused Sudan of bombings and ground incursions on its territory.

  • 21 May 2012

    SC/10656

    The Council condemned the suicide attack that killed 96 soldiers in Sana'a on 21 May.