Security Council: Press Release

Press Release
SC/6954

‘WE HAVE ENTERED PERIOD OF HIGHER STAKES, INTENSIFIED SCRUTINY’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

As Council Reviews Situation between Eritrea, Ethiopia

Press Release
SC/6953

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN KOSOVO BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL, SAYS RECENT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ‘VICTORY’ FOR DEMOCRACY

Tells Council National Elections Proposed for Spring

Press Release
SC/6952

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES STRONG SUPPORT FOR SOLOMON ISLANDS PEACE AGREEMENT

The Security Council this morning expressed its strong support for a peace agreement concluded on 15 October for the cessation of the hostilities between two groups -- the Malaita Eagle Force and the Isatabu Freedom Movement -- on Solomon Islands.

Press Release
SC/6951

SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES EXIT STRATEGIES FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

As the Security Council met today to consider the issue of peacekeeping mission closure and transition, the representative of the United Kingdom said the United Nations was seriously deficient in leadership.

Press Release
SC/6950

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING ON SITUATION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Press Release
SC/6949

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES CONCERN AT FAILURE TO ACHIEVE COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT OVER ABKHAZIA, GEORGIA

Having considered the Secretary-General’s report concerning the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia, the Security Council this afternoon noted with deep concern the continued failure to achieve a comprehensive political settlement, which included a settlement of the political status of Abkhazia within the State of Georgia.

Press Release
SC/6948

SECURITY COUNCIL, RESPONDING TO ‘BRAHIMI REPORT,’ ADOPTS WIDE-RANGING RESOLUTION ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

Resolution 1327 (2000) Adopted Unanimously; Council Resolves to Give Missions Clear, Credible, Achievable Mandates

Press Release
SC/6947

DEPARTING COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES BRIEFS COUNCIL ONE LAST TIME

In her final briefing to the Security Council this afternoon, Sadako Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, stressed that in most parts of the world where her agency and its partners had to operate, mechanisms to address security problems were slow-moving, unwieldy and not adapted to the new types of conflicts.

Press Release
SC/6946

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS CONTINUED CROSS-BORDER ATTACKS ALONG BORDER AREA OF SIERRA LEONE, GUINEA AND LIBERIA

Presidential Statement Expresses Concern At Fragile Situation in Sierra Leone and Instability in Wider Region

Press Release
SC/6945

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN NOVEMBER

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for November:

Security Council

A. Peter van Walsum (Netherlands) succeeds Martin Andjaba (Namibia) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee