PRESS STATEMENT ON SECURITY COUNCIL IRAQ CONSULTATIONS

Following is the press statement on Security Council Iraq consultations delivered today by Security Council President Ellen Margrethe Løj (Denmark):

Security Council

5193^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UN OPERATION IN BURUNDI UNTIL 1 DECEMBER,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1602 (2005)

 

Welcoming recent positive achievements by the parties in Burundi, including since the deployment of the United Nations Operation (ONUB) there last June, the Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the Operation until 1 December 2005.

Security Council

5192^nd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS HAITIMISSION UNTIL 24 JUNE,

WITH FURTHER RENEWALS PLANNED

Resolution 1601 (2005) Adopted Unanimously;

Secretary-General’s Reports Proposes Increased Troop-Level, 12 Month Extension

Security Council

5191^st Meeting (PM)*

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS ‘IN THE STRONGEST TERMS’ ALL ACTS

OF SEXUAL ABUSE, EXPLOITATION BY UN PEACEKEEPING PERSONNEL

 

In Presidential Statement, Council Recognizes Shared Responsibility

Of Secretary-General, All Member States to Prevent Abuse, Enforce UN Standards

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

 

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN JUNE

 

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for June:

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Security Council

5189^th Meeting (AM)

DRAFTING IRAQ’S PERMANENT CONSTITUTION BY 15 AUGUST MOST CRITICAL STEP

IN POLITICAL PROCESS, FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Says Any Delay Could Be Exploited by Anti-Democratic Forces;

Asks for UN Electoral Adviser, Continuation of Multinational Force

Security Council

5188^th Meeting (AM)

FURTHER PROGRESS DEPENDS ON WILLINGNESS OF MAJORITY TO MOVE TOWARDS MULTI-ETHNIC,

DEMOCRATIC KOSOVO, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

 

Also, Minority Kosovo Serbs Must Be Given Clear Signal by Serbia

And Montenegro to Participate in Provisional Institutions of Self-Government

Security Council

5187^th Meeting (AM & PM)*

SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, CITES CRITICAL IMPORTANCE

OF PEACEBUILDING, NEED TO PREVENT COUNTRIES’ ‘RELAPSING INTO CONFLICT’

Also Stresses Need to Ensure ‘Adequate

And Timely Financing’ for Peacebuilding Priorities

CHAIRMAN OF SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE VISITS GERMANY,

 

EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, TURKEY, SYRIA

 

On 19 May 2005 the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee was briefed by its Chairman, H.E. Ambassador César Mayoral (Argentina), on his visit to selected States undertaken pursuant to paragraph 10 of Security Council resolution 1526 (2004) between 29 April and 9 May 2005.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE DEMOBILIZATION

 

Following is the press statement on Côte d’Ivoire delivered today by Security Council President Ellen Margrethe Løj (Denmark):