PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA

The following press statement on the peace process between Ethiopia and Eritrea was delivered today by Security CouncilPresident Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore):

Members of the Council heard a briefing by the Secretariat on the peace process between Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Security Council

4544^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS RECENT KILLING IN KISANGANI,

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Council Also Reiterates Demand for Demilitarization of Kisangani;

Asks Secretary-Generalto Weigh Possibility of Increased MONUC Deployment in City

Security Council

4543^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL DEPLORES KOSOVO ASSEMBLY’S RESOLUTION CONCERNING

PROVINCE’S ‘TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY’, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT

Says Issue Outside Assembly’s Competence,

Concurring with Special Representative, Who Yesterday Vetoed Resolution

PRESS STATEMENT ON KOSOVO BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Kosovo by the President of the Security Council, Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore):

The Members of the Council rejected the resolution adopted by the Kosovo Assembly on 23 May 2002, in which the Assembly rejected the Border Agreement signed last year between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Security Council

4542^nd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDS EAST TIMOR’S ADMISSION TO UNITED NATIONS

The Security Council this afternoon recommended to the General Assembly that the Democratic Republic of East Timor be admitted to membership in the United Nations.

The Council unanimously adopted resolution 1414 (2002), following its consideration of the report of the Committee on the Admission of New Members (document S/2002/566).

Security Council

4541^st Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCE FOR SIX MONTHS,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1413 (2002)

Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs

Security Council

4540^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL REFERS EAST TIMOR’S APPLICATION FOR UN MEMBERSHIP

TO ADMISSION COMMITTEE

The Security Council this evening decided to refer the application of the Democratic Republic of East Timor to the Committee on the Admission of New Members, for the examination and report of that body.

Security Council

4539^th Meeting (Night)

IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES SIERRA LEONE ELECTIONS,

CALLS ON POLITICAL PARTIES TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY, ASSURE PEACE

The Security Council this evening welcomed the elections held in Sierra Leone on 14 May and congratulated the people of that country on the peaceful and orderly way in which the elections were held. 

PRESS STATEMENT ON KOSOVO BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of this afternoon’s press statement on Kosovo by the President of the Security Council, Shanmugam Jayakar, Foreign Minister of Singapore:

Members of the Security Council discussed the situation in Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, including the work of the Kosovo Assembly and its upcoming session.

Security Council

4538^th Meeting (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS DAY-LONG DEBATE ON CONFLICT

PREVENTION, RESOLUTION IN AFRICA