Press Release
SC/6883
UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL KIERAN PRENDERGAST BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL, URGES IT NOT TO GIVE UP ON SOMALIA
20000629Djibouti Updates Council on Somali National Peace Conference
Djibouti Updates Council on Somali National Peace Conference
The Secretary-General's Special Representative for East Timor, Sergio Vieira de Mello, told the Security Council today that he expected elections for a constituent assembly to be held in the second half of next year.
The President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia asked the Security Council this morning to amend the Tribunal's Statute to facilitate the creation of a pool of judges who would be called upon when a case was trial- ready and who would try only that one case.
Presidential Statement Notes Reports of Violations, Calls upon Parties to Respect Line Identified by United Nations
Resolution 1304 (2000) Adopted Unanimously
Continuing hostilities in the Equateur and Kasai provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, uninterrupted violence in Kivu and heavy fighting between foreign armies in the city of Kisangani were among the key elements of the Congolese crisis, the President of the Security Council said this afternoon.
Resolution 1303 (2000) Adopted Unanimously
Unanimously adopting resolution 1303 (2000), the Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 15 December.