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SC/8247
18/11/2004
Press Release
SC/8247

Security Council

5080th Meeting (AM)


Speakers at Nairobi Security Council meeting call

 

for peace agreement in Sudan by end of year


(Received from a UN Information Officer.)


NAIROBI, 18 November -- As the Security Council convened in Nairobi, Kenya today, speakers made strong calls to the parties involved in the protracted Sudan conflict to reach a peace agreement by the end of the year.

SC/8246
16/11/2004
Press Release
SC/8246

Security Council

5079th Meeting (AM)


Security Council extends Timor-Leste Mission for final six months,


unanimously adopting resolution 1573 (2004)

 


Following a Security Council debate yesterday on the planned withdrawal next year of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET), the Council today extended the Mission’s mandate for a final six months until 20 May 2005.

SC/8241
09/11/2004
Press Release
SC/8241

Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan

 


Following is the Security Council press statement on Afghanistan delivered today by Council President John Danforth (United States):


The Security Council welcomed the certification by Afghanistan's Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) of Hamid Karzai as the winner of the presidential election in Afghanistan that took place on 9 October.

SC/8240
09/11/2004
Press Release
SC/8240

Security Council

5073rd Meeting (AM)


AFGHANS SHOWED ‘REMARKABLE POLITICAL MATURITY’ DURING RECENT PRESIDENTIAL


ELECTION, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL


Also Warns Next Year’s Parliamentary Elections

Would Be Much More Complicated, Fraught with Security Concerns