SecCo list of items – SecGen summary statement – Addendum (excerpts)

 Summary statement by the Secretary-General on matters of

which the Security Council is seized and on the stage reached

in their consideration

   Addendum

  Pursuant to rule 11 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council, the Secretary-General is submitting the following summary statement.

  The list of items of which the Security Council is seized is contained in documents S/2006/10 of 1 March 2006, S/2006/10/Add.12 of 7 April 2006, S/2006/10/Add.15 of 28 April 2006, S/2006/10/Add.16 of 5 May 2006, S/2006/10/Add.21 of 9 June 2006, S/2006/10/Add.24 of 30 June 2006, S/2006/10/Add.27 of 21 July 2006, S/2006/10/Add.31 of 18 August 2006, S/2006/10/Add.36 of 22 September 2006 and S/2006/10/Add.40 of 20 October 2006.

  During the week ending 21 October 2006, the Security Council took action on the following item:

    The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question ( see S/2000/40/Add.39, 44, 46, 47 and 50; S/2001/15/Add.11-13, 34 and 50; S/2002/30/Add.7, 8, 10, 12-15, 17, 23, 24, 28, 29, 37, 38, 45 and 50; S/2003/40/Add.2, 6, 11, 15, 20, 23, 28, 33, 37, 41, 42, 46 and 49; S/2004/20/Add.2, 7, 11, 12, 16, 20, 25, 28, 32, 37, 40, 42, 46 and 50; S/2005/15/Add.1, 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19, 23, 28, 33, 37, 41, 47 and 50; and S/2006/10/Add.4, 8, 12, 15, 16, 20, 24, 25, 27, 28, 33 and 37)

  The Security Council resumed its consideration of the item at its 5552nd meeting, held on 19 October 2006 in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.

  The President, with the consent of the Council, invited the representatives of Bahrain, Cuba, Finland, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel and the Syrian Arab Republic, at their request, to participate in the consideration of the item without the right to vote.

  In response to the request contained in a letter dated 17 October 2006 from the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2006/827), the President, in accordance with the rules of procedure and the previous practice in that regard, invited the Permanent Observer of Palestine to participate in the meeting.

  In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council’s prior consultations, the President, with the consent of the Council, extended an invitation under rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure to Alvaro de Soto, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General.

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