PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON SIERRA LEONE

Following is the text of a press statement on Sierra Leone by the President of the Security Council, Wang Yingfan (China):

The members of the Security Council held informal consultations on 5 July 2001 in accordance with paragraph 15 of section A of resolution 1306 (2000), under which the Council conducted its third review of the measures imposed by paragraph 1 of the resolution.

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4345^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL SETS 12 OCTOBER AS DATE FOR ELECTION

TO FILL VACANCY ON INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

The Security Council this afternoon set 12 October as the date for an election to fill a vacancy on the International Court of Justice which would occur from 30 September.

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4344^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS PROVISIONS OF RESOLUTION 986 AUTHORIZING

IMPORT OF IRAQI PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN JULY

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for July:

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Wang Yingfan (China) succeeds Anwarul Karim Chowdhury (Bangladesh) as President of the Security Council.

Security Council

4343^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, IN FIRST-EVER ‘WRAP-UP’ MEETING,

LOOKS BACK ON ITS ACTIVITIES DURING MONTH OF JUNE

The Security Council this afternoon held the first-ever public wrap-up discussion of its work for the month of June. 

Security Council

4342^nd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MINURSO MANDATE TO 30 NOVEMBER,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1359 (2001)

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 30 November by unanimously adopting resolution 1359 (2001).

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4341^st Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES,

START OF NEGOTIATIONS IN BURUNDI

In a presidential statement, the Security Council this afternoon called for an immediate suspension of hostilities in Burundi, and called on the armed groups to enter into negotiations.

Security Council

Resumed 4336^th Meeting (PM)

IRAQ CLAIMS FULL COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS;

FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER SAYS ALL OBLIGATIONS MET

Other Speakers, Challenging Assertion, Say Suffering

Of Iraqi People, Though Regrettable, Is Fault of Government

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4340^th Meeting (AM)

COUNCIL, BRIEFED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN SIERRA LEONE,

CONSIDERS RECENT SIGNS OF PROGRESS IN PEACE PROCESS

The peace process in Sierra Leone had witnessed remarkable changes in magnitude and patterns of development in recent months, the Security Council was told this morning as it met to consider the situation in the West African State.

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4339^th Meeting (AM)*

EXAMINING IMPLICATIONS OF HIV/AIDS FOR UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS,

COUNCIL WARNS OF POTENTIAL RISK TO STABILITY, SECURITY

In Presidential Statement S/PRST/16, Council President

Stresses Pandemic’s Potentially Damaging Impact on Peacekeepers’ Health