Security Council

4870^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL FURTHER EXTENDS MANDATE OF UN FORCE IN CYPRUS

Resolution 1517 (2003) Also Urges Turkish Cypriot Side,

Turkish Forces to Lift Remaining Restrictions on Peacekeepers

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), which was to expire on 15 December at midnight, until 15 June 2004.

LIST ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1483 (2003)

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait has designated the public entities listed below pursuant to resolution 1483, paragraphs

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Security Council

4869^th Meeting (AM)

MURDER, INTIMIDATION WILL NOT PREVENT EMERGENCE OF DEMOCRATIC IRAQ,

SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD BY COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY

United States, United Kingdom Brief Council, Describe

Agreement Aimed at Transitional National Assembly by June 2004

Security Council

4868^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL STRESSES NEED FOR CONTINUITY IN IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION,

WITH CONCLUSION OF ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME ON 21 NOVEMBER

Secretary-General Expresses Pride in Orderly Handover

Security Council

4867^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS BOMB ATTACKS IN ISTANBUL,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1516 (2003)

The Security Council this afternoon condemned “in the strongest terms” the bomb attacks of 15 and 20 November 2003 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Security Council

4865^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL APPEALS TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT

Security Council

4864^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES INTENTION TO ADDRESS MINE ACTION IN PEACEKEEPING

MANDATES, CITING LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF LANDMINES ON PEACE, SECURITY

Citing the long-term consequences of landmines and unexploded ordnance on peace and security, the Security Council this afternoon expressed its intention to address mine action in the mandates of peacekeeping operations when appropriate.

Security Council

4863^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS CONTINUING EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Presidential Statement Emphasizes Connection

Security Council

4862^nd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION ENDORSING ROAD MAP LEADING TOWARDS TWO-STATE

RESOLUTION OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

The Security Council this afternoon endorsed the Middle East Quartet’s Road Map towards a permanent, two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Security Council

4861^st Meeting* (AM)

PERIOD OF INERTIA, EXCUSES, CONDITIONALITY IN MIDDLE EAST PEACEMAKING

MUST END, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

The period of inertia, excuses and conditionality in Middle East peacemaking must end, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Kieran Prendergast, said this morning, as he briefed the Security Council.