Security Council

4813^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES EMERGENCY FORCE IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

OF CONGO TO ASSIST UN MISSION DURING REINFORECEMENT, TRANSITION

Resolution 1501 (2003) Adopted Unanimously

Security Council

4812^th Meeting (AM)

COALITION PARTNERS BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL ON SITUATION IN IRAQ, CALLING

FOR STEPPED UP INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT, ENHANCED SECURITY

Council Members Voice Support for Stronger

UN Role, Timetable for Return of Iraqi Sovereignty

Security Council

4811^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK AGAINST BAGHDAD HEADQUARTERS,

STATES UN IRAQ MISSION ‘WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED’

Presidential Statement Reaffirms Determination

To Assist Iraqis in Building Peace, Justice, Own Political Future

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON ARMS EMBARGO IN SOMALIA

Following is today’s statement to the press by Security Council President Fayssal Mekdad (Syria) on the midterm report of the panel of experts established to investigate violations of the arms embargo in Somalia, pursuant to resolution 1474 (2003):

Security Council

4810^th Meeting (AM)

ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS NEED COURAGE, DETERMINATION TO ‘STAY THE COURSE’

ON MIDDLE EAST ROAD MAP, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Briefing Council, Assistant Secretary-General

Says Parties Should Be Encouraged to ‘Take Risks for Peace’

PRESS STATEMENT ON BAGHDAD BOMBING BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

The following press statement was issued today by the President of the Security Council, Fayssal Mekdad (Syria):

Members of the Council were shocked to hear of the terrorist criminal attack against the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad.

Security Council

4809^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS IN SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMN RECENT VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO,

INSIST EXTREMISTS MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO UNDERMINE FUTURE

Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister Warns Last Week’s Crimes Not Unique;

Determined Minority Seeks to Drive Serbs Out, Complete ‘Ethnic Cleansing’

PRESS STATEMENT ON KOSOVO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Kosovo delivered today by Security Council President Mikhail Wehbe (Syria):

Members of the Council were briefed on the violent attack in Kosovo yesterday in which two Kosovo Serb teenagers were killed and four others injured, one critically.  A Kosovo Albanian woman was also injured following the incident.

PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on the situation in Burundi delivered by Security Council President Mikhail Wehbe (Syria):

Security Council

4808^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES UN ASSISTANCE MISSION IN IRAQ,

WELCOMES CREATION OF GOVERNING COUNCIL AS ‘IMPORTANT STEP’

Resolution 1500 (2003) Adopted by 14-0-1 (Syria)