SecCo list of items – SecGen summary statement (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/2005/15 of 25 February 2005, S/2005/15/Add.20 of 31 May 2005, S/2005/15/Add.21 of 7 June 2005 and S/2005/15/Add.27 of 19 July 2005.

  During the week ending 23 July 2005 the Security Council took action on the following items:

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    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; and S/2005/15/Add.1, 6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 19 and 23; see also S/7382, S/7441, S/7452, S/7564, S/7570, S/7596, S/7600, S/7913, S/7923, S/7976, S/8000, S/8048, S/8066, S/8215, S/8242, S/8252, S/8269, S/8502, S/8525, S/8534, S/8564, S/8575, S/8584, S/8595, S/8747, S/8753, S/8807, S/8815, S/8828, S/8836, S/8885, S/8896, S/8960, S/9123, S/9135, S/9319, S/9382, S/9395, S/9406, S/9427 and Corr.1, S/9449, S/9452, S/9805, S/9812, S/9930, S/10327, S/10341, S/10554, S/10557, S/10703, S/10721, S/10729, S/10743, S/10770/Add.4, S/10855/Add.15, 16, 23, 24, 29, 30, 33, 41, 43, 44 and 50; S/11185/Add.14-16, 21, 42/Rev.1 and 47; S/11593/Add.15, 21, 29, 42 and 49; S/11935/Add.2-4, 12, 18-21, 23-26, 42, 44, 45 and 48; S/12269/Add.12, 13, 21, 42, 43 and 48; S/12520/Add.10, 11, 17, 21, 37, 39, 42, 47 and 48; S/13033/Add.2, 9-11, 16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 28, 29, 33, 34, 47 and 50; S/13737/Add.7, 8, 13-18, 20-22, 24-26, 33, 47 and 50; S/14326/Add.10, 11, 20, 24, 28, 29, 47 and 50; S/14840/Add.1-4, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16, 21-25, 27, 30-33, 37, 42, 45 and 48; S/15560/Add.3, 6, 7, 20, 21, 29-31, 37, 42, 45, 47 and 48; S/16270/Add.6-8, 15, 20, 21, 34, 35, 40 and 47; S/16880/Add.8-10, 15, 20, 21, 36, 40, 41 and 46; S/17725/ Add.2-4, 15, 21, 28, 35, 38, 43 and 47-49; S/18570/Add.2, 21, 30, 47 and 49-51; S/19420/Add.1-5, 13, 15, 18, 19, 22 and Corr.1, 30, 48 and 50; S/20370/Add.4-6, 12, 16, 21, 22, 26, 30, 32, 34, 37, 44, 46, 47 and 51; S/21100/Add .4, 10, 12, 17, 20, 21, 30, 39, 40, 42, 44, 45 and 47-50; S/22110/Add.4, 12, 20, 21, 30 and 47; S/23370/Add.1, 4, 7, 13, 21, 30, 47 and 50; S/25070/Add.4, 21, 30 and 48; S/1994/20/Add.3, 8, 10, 20, 29 and 47; S/1995/40/Add.4, 8, 18, 19, 21, 29 and 47; S/1996/15/Add.4, 15, 21, 30, 38 and 47; S/1997/40/Add.4, 9, 11, 21, 30 and 46; S/1998/44/Add.4, 21, 26, 28, 30 and 47; S/1999/25/Add.3, 20, 29 and 46; S/2000/40/Add.4, 15, 20, 21, 24, 29 and 47; S/2001/15/Add.5, 22, 31 and 48; S/2002/30/Add.4, 21, 30 and 50; S/2003/40/Add.4, 25, 30, 40 and 51; S/2004/20/Add.4, 26, 30, 35, 42 and 50; and S/2005/15/Add. 3, 6, 13, 16, 17 and

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  By a letter dated 19 July 2005 addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2005/469), the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Kuwait to the United Nations, in his capacity as Chairman of the Group of Arab States for the month of July 2005, and on behalf of the States members of the League of Arab States, requested that an immediate meeting of the Security Council be convened to consider “the recent developments in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, in particular Israel’s continued and accelerated settlement activities, including the construction of its unlawful wall, as well as the dire situation on the ground”.

  The Security Council resumed its consideration of the item at its 5230th meeting, held on 21 July 2005, in response to that request. There was one suspension and one resumption of the meeting.

  The President, with the consent of the Council, invited the representatives of Cuba, Egypt, India, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Norway, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia and Yemen, at their request, to participate in the discussion without the right to vote.

  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.

  In response to the request contained in a letter dated 20 July 2005 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2005/472), the President, in accordance with the rules of procedure and the previous practice in that regard, invited the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to participate in the discussion.

  In response to the request contained in a letter dated 20 July 2005 from the Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations (S/2005/471), the President, with the consent of the Council, extended an invitation under rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure to Yahya Mahmassani, Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the United Nations.

  In response to the request contained in a letter dated 20 July 2005 from the Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, the President extended an invitation under rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure to Paul Badji, Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.

  In response to the request contained in a letter dated 20 July 2005 from the Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations (S/2005/473), the President, with the consent of the Council, extended an invitation under rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure to Syed Shahid Husain, Senior Adviser of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations.

 The meeting was suspended.

  Upon the resumption of the meeting, the President, with the consent of the Council, invited the representatives of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco and Pakistan, at their request, to participate in the discussion without the right to vote.

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