SC/6178
15 February 1996
SECURITY COUNCIL
Madeleine K. Albright (United States) will succeed Sir John Weston (United Kingdom) as President of the Security Council.
MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE
The Security Council this morning authorized the deployment of 100 military observers for six months as part of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES).
The Council took that action by unanimously adopting resolution 1043 (1996).
The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 31 May.