OUTGOING MEMBERS BRIEF COUNCIL ON SUBSIDIARY BODIES

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 001195 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: UNSC PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP SUBJECT: OUTGOING MEMBERS BRIEF COUNCIL ON SUBSIDIARY BODIES ¶1. SUMMARY: On December 17, outgoing Security Council members Congo, Ghana, Peru, Qatar, and Slovakia briefed the Council on the activities of the following Subsidiary Bodies under their chairmanship: the 1518(2003) Committee on Iraq; the 1132 (1997) Committee on Sierra Leone; the 1521 (2003) Committee on Liberia; the 1540 (2004) Committee on non-proliferation of WMD; the 1533 (2005) Committee on the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Resolution in Africa; the Ad Hoc Working Group on Documentation and Procedural Questions; the Ad Hoc Working Group on Mandate Review; and the Ad Hoc Working Group on Counter-Terrorism pursuant to resolution 1566 (2004). END SUMMARY. ¶2. On December 17, outgoing Security Council members Congo, Ghana, Peru, Qatar, and Slovakia reported on the activities of the Council's Subsidiary Bodies under their chairmanship for the past two years. As Chair of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa, Congo emphasized the recommendations of a regional seminar on capacity building and the role of the UN in conflict prevention that urged the Council to consider the UN's role in preventive diplomacy. The 1518 (2003) Committee on Iraq, chaired by Ghana, made no changes to the list of individuals or entities whose assets should be frozen and transferred to the Iraq Development Fund pursuant to resolution 1483. (NOTE: 89 individuals and 208 entities are inscribed on the Committee's list. END NOTE.) Ghana said the Committee focused its work on helping the Iraqi government gather information on assets frozen outside of Iraq. ¶3. Qatar said the 1132 (1997) Committee was focused on preventing the supply of arms to non-State actors and implementing the travel ban imposed on 30 individuals. Qatar reported no violations of the arms embargo or travel ban and recommended that the Council consider a travel ban exemption, similar to resolution 1688 (2006),for persons testifying before the Special Court for Sierra Leone. On Liberia, Qatar said the 1521 Committee adopted revised guidelines for listing and de-listing procedures and removed one person from the sanctions list in November. Qatar underscored Liberia's progress in achieving security and stability, noting recent elections, the lifting of export sanctions, and Liberia's compliance with the Kimberly Process. ¶4. Slovakia's PermRep Peter Burian gave a readout on the activities of the 1540 (2004) Committee, the Ad Hoc Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions and the Ad Hoc Working Group on Mandate Review. On 1540, Burian said 140 States have submitted their first national reports and 90 States have submitted additional information on 1540 implementation efforts. Going forward, Burian said 1540 implementation would be a long-term process and urged the Committee to broaden its outreach to include regional and subregional organizations, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, and parliamentarians and lawmakers. ¶5. On Documentation and Procedural Questions, Burian noted the importance of fully implementing Presidential Note S/2006/507. Burian recommended the Council redouble efforts to increase transparency and dialogue with Member States by holding more frequent informal meetings with concerned Member States, oral briefings by members of the Secretariat, "Arria-formula" meetings, and private meetings with Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs). On Mandate Review, Burian said the Council should maintain the practice of holding Secretariat briefings on mandates older than five years, but SIPDIS not periodically renewed. ¶6. Peru said the 1533 (2005) Committee focused most of its efforts on dialogue between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),neighboring States, and other States outside the subregion. Cooperation between the Committee's experts and border States had improved in the past two years, Peru noted; the Committee added several individuals and entities to the 1533 list and reached agreement on transferring individuals to the International Criminal Court. As to the Ad Hoc Working Group pursuant to resolution 1566, Peru noted no substantive progress and said that many 1566 elements were now included in the UN Global Counter Terrorsim Strategy. Khalilzad