SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING SITUATION IN ANGOLA ADOPTS REVISED CONSOLIDATED GUIDELINES FOR ITS WORK
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SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING SITUATION IN ANGOLA ADOPTS REVISED CONSOLIDATED GUIDELINES FOR ITS WORK
19980720 The following was issued today by the Security Council Committee concerning the situation in Angola:The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993) concerning the situation in Angola adopted, on 17 July 1998, revised consolidated guidelines for the conduct of its work, which incorporate the relevant provisions contained in resolutions 1173 (1998) and 1176 (1998), adopted by the Council on 12 and 24 June 1998, respectively.
The Committee also decided to transmit these guidelines to all States and requested them to provide the Committee with information on the measures they have adopted to implement the provisions of paragraphs 11 and 12 of resolution 1173 (1998), no later than 22 July 1998. The Committee is required to report to the Council by 7 August 1998 on the actions taken by States to implement these measures.
It may be recalled that the Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter, imposed a series of additional measures which requires all States, except Angola, to freeze funds of the Uniao Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) within their territory, and all persons and entities within their own territories holding such funds and financial resources to freeze them and ensure that those funds are not made available directly or indirectly to or for the benefit of UNITA as an organization or of senior officials of UNITA or adult members of their immediate families designated pursuant to paragraph 11 of resolution 1127 (1997).
It also requires States, in areas of Angola to which State administration has not been extended to take the necessary measures to prevent all official contacts with UNITA leadership except for those by representatives of the Government of Unity and Nations Reconciliation (GURN), of the United Nations and of the Observer States to the Lusaka Protocol and to prohibit import of diamonds from Angola that are not controlled through the Government's Certificate of Origin.
States are further requested to prohibit the sale or supply to persons or entities in areas of Angola to which State administration has not been extended, by their nationals or from their territory, or using their flag vessels or aircraft, of equipment used in mining or mining services, as well as motorized vehicles or watercraft or spare parts for such vehicles, or ground or waterborne transportation services. In this connection, to facilitate the implementation of these measures, the Committee has prepared a non-exhaustive list of embargoed items which are incorporated in the revised consolidated guidelines.
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