The President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia asked the Security Council this morning to amend the Tribunal's Statute to facilitate the creation of a pool of judges who would be called upon when a case was trial- ready and who would try only that one case.
Presidential Statement Notes Reports of Violations, Calls upon Parties to Respect Line Identified by United Nations
Resolution 1304 (2000) Adopted Unanimously
Continuing hostilities in the Equateur and Kasai provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, uninterrupted violence in Kivu and heavy fighting between foreign armies in the city of Kisangani were among the key elements of the Congolese crisis, the President of the Security Council said this afternoon.
Resolution 1303 (2000) Adopted Unanimously
Unanimously adopting resolution 1303 (2000), the Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 15 December.
The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) would need a significant number of years to complete its job, Bernard Kouchner, the Secretary-General's Special Representative and head of UNMIK told the Security Council this morning.
Resolution 1302 (2000) Adopted Unanimously
The Security Council decided tonight to extend the Iraq oil-for-food programme for a further 180-day period beginning tomorrow.
The Security Council this afternoon requested the Secretary-General to establish for a period of six months an expert panel on the illegal exploitation of natural resources and other forms of wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which should produce recommendations on the matter.
The Prosecutor for the International Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, Carla Del Ponte, told the Security Council this morning that an increasingly urgent problem for the Rwanda Tribunal was the length of trials and pre-trial detention faced by most accused.
