Security Council

4749^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONGRATULATES BURUNDI ON 1 MAY PEACEFUL TRANSITION

OF POWER, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT

Says Security, Judicial Reforms Now Crucial

To Ensure Success of 36-Month Transitional Period

The Security Council this afternoon congratulated the parties in Burundi on a peaceful transition of power in the presidency of the transitional Government on

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN MAY

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 May:

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4748^th Meeting* (AM)

SPEAKERS IN SECURITY COUNCIL SAY UNITED NATIONS’ EXPERIENCE IN CONFLICT

RESOLUTION, PEACEKEEPING CAN PROVE USEFUL IN IRAQ, OTHER NEW SITUATIONS

Security Council

4746^th Meeting (PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO SECURITY COUNCIL FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO SUSTAIN

WEST AFRICAN STATES’ CÔTE D’IVOIRE PEACEKEEPING FORCE

Additional Resources Needed for Expanded Mandate;

Foreign Ministers of Guinea, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria Also Speak

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4745^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL FORWARDS ‘AD LITEM’ JUDGE NOMINATIONS

FOR RWANDA TRIBUNAL TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Having considered the nominations for ad litem judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the Security Council this afternoon forwarded a list of 35 candidates to the General Assembly.

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4744^th Meeting (PM)

CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NEEDED IN TIMOR-LESTE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

The Security Council could take satisfaction from its contribution to the progress in Timor-Leste, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for that country, Kamalesh Sharma, told the Council this afternoon.

CORRECTION TO AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN LIST

FOR SECURITY COUNCIL 1267 COMMITTEE

On 25 April 2003 the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) made the following technical corrections to its list of individuals and entities belonging to or associated with the Taliban and the
Al-Qaida organization (Al-Qaida section):  additions have been underlined and deletions appear as strikethrough text.

PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ/KUWAIT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on Iraq/Kuwait by Security Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico):

Members of the Security Council listened to the presentation of the eleventh report of the Secretary-General according to paragraph 14 of Resolution 1284.

Security Council

4743^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME UNTIL 3 JUNE

Resolution 1476 Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this afternoon extended the “oil-for-food” programme for Iraq, as adjusted by its resolution 1472 (2003) and which was to expire on   12 May, until 3 June.

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4742^nd Meeting (AM)

KOSOVO HAS ‘SOME WAY TO GO’ IN ESTABLISHING REPRESENTATIVE, FUNCTIONING

INSTITUTIONS, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Provisional Institutions of Self-Government Hampered