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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

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SC/6887

SECURITY COUNCIL PAYS TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS OF SREBRENICA MASSACRE

Five years after the fall of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Security Council this morning paid tribute to the victims of one of the worst civilian massacres in Europe since the end of the Second World War.

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SC/6886

SECURITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO IMPOSE PROHIBITION ON IMPORTS OF ROUGH DIAMONDS FROM SIERRA LEONE

Resolution 1306 (2000) Adopted by Vote of 14-0-1 (Mali)

Acting under the provisions set out in Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Security Council this evening decided that all States shall prohibit the direct or indirect import of rough diamonds from Sierra Leone.

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SC/6885

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN JULY

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for July:

Security Council

M. Patricia Durrant (Jamaica) succeeds Jean-David Levitte (France) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

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SC/6884

SECURITY COUNCIL STRONGLY CONDEMNS ATTACKS BY ARMED GROUPS ON INNOCENT CIVILIANS AND HUMANITARIAN PERSONNEL IN SOMALIA

Presidential Statement Strongly Urges Somali Factions To Respect International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law

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SC/6883

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL KIERAN PRENDERGAST BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL, URGES IT NOT TO GIVE UP ON SOMALIA

Djibouti Updates Council on Somali National Peace Conference

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SC/6882

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED BY SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR EAST TIMOR

The Secretary-General's Special Representative for East Timor, Sergio Vieira de Mello, told the Security Council today that he expected elections for a constituent assembly to be held in the second half of next year.

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SC/6881

SPECIAL ENVOY FOR BALKANS, CARL BILDT, BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL, SAYS INTEGRATION OF REGION INTO EUROPE VITAL FOR STABILITY

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SC/6880

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS BOSNIA MISSION UNTIL 19 JUNE 2001 BY VOTE OF 14-0-1; RUSSIAN FEDERATION ABSTAINS