Security Council: Press Release

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SC/6900

EXPLORATORY HEARING ON SIERRA LEONE DIAMONDS

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SC/6899

SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING ON SITUATION IN ANGOLA

Angola’s mineral and human wealth had the potential to eradicate poverty in a relatively short time, make it a prosperous country and promote the well-being of all its people, given the political will to make peace a reality, Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Africa, told the Security Council today during its open meeting on Angola.

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SC/6897

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNIFIL MANDATE UNTIL 31 JANUARY 2001

Resolution 1310 (2000) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this morning decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for a further six months, until 31 January 2001.

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SC/6895

SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS DEBATE ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

Child soldiering must be curbed by mobilizing political pressure, addressing the economic, social and political factors behind the phenomenon, and enhancing capacities on the ground for receiving and rehabilitating child soldiers, Olara Otunnu, the Secretary-General's Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict, told the Security Council today.

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SC/6894

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MINURSO MANDATE UNTIL 31 OCTOBER

Resolution 1309 (2000) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this afternoon decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for a further three months until 31 October.

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SC/6892

CONFLICT PREVENTION MUST BE ‘CORNERSTONE OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY IN 21ST CENTURY’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MEMBERS, AS COUNCIL DISCUSSES ARMED CONFLICT

Speakers Urge New Culture of Prevention, Peace, Balanced Development

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SC/6891

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES FULL SUPPORT FOR RESCUE OF UN PEACEKEEPERS IN KAILAHUN, SIERRA LEONE

The Security Council this afternoon expressed its full support for the weekend rescue, ordered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, of more than 200 peacekeepers by the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) at Kailahun, in the eastern part of the country.

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SC/6890

SECURITY COUNCIL, ADOPTING 'HISTORIC' RESOLUTION 1308 (2000) ON HIV/AIDS, CALLS FOR PRE-DEPLOYMENT TESTING, COUNSELLING FOR PEACEKEEPING PERSONNEL

The Security Council today urged Member States to consider voluntary HIV/AIDS testing and counselling for troops to be deployed in peacekeeping operations.

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SC/6889

SECURITY COUNCIL HEARS BRIEFING ON KOSOVO BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACKEEPING OPERATIONS

Briefing the Security Council on the situation in Kosovo this afternoon, the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations described a climate of continuing violence against ethnic minorities, persistent boycott of registration for municipal elections, and lack of full participation in local administrative structures.

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SC/6888

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNMOP MANDATE UNTIL 15 JANUARY 2001

Resolution 1307 (2000) Adopted Unanimously