Security Council

4314^th Meeting (PM)*

IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS LACK OF PROGRESS ON KEY ISSUES

REGARDING CONFLICT IN ABKHAZIA, GEORGIA, IS UNACCEPTABLE

The continued lack of progress on key issues concerning a comprehensive settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia, Georgia, was unacceptable, the Security Council stressed in a statement this afternoon.

Security Council

4312^th Meeting (AM & PM)

COUNCIL HEARS CALLS TO END IMPUNITY FOR PERPETRATORS OF GENOCIDE AND GROSS

RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AS IT DISCUSSES PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN CONFLICT

Security Council

4311^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF BODY INVESTIGATING VIOLATIONS

OF ANGOLA SANCTIONS, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1348 (2001)

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the Monitoring Mechanism on Angola Sanctions until 19 October and requested it to provide a supplementary report by that date.

Security Council

4310^th Meeting (PM)

HEAD OF PEACEKEEPING BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA;

SAYS FORMAL SEPARATION OF FORCES ACHIEVED ON 18 APRIL

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE NAMES RUF MEMBERS SUBJECT TO EXPULSION FROM LIBERIA

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1343 (2001) concerning Liberia recalls paragraph 2 (a) of that resolution, by which the Security Council:

“2  Demands that the Government of Liberia immediately cease its support for the RUF in Sierra Leone and for other armed rebel groups in the region, and in particular take the following concrete steps:

Security Council

4309^th Meeting (AM)

KOSOVO SERBS TO PARTICIPATE IN WORKING GROUP ON SUBSTANTIVE AUTONOMY,

SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Security Council

4308^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council

4308^th Meeting (AM)

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN APRIL

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

Security Council

Sir Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom) succeeds Volodymyr Yu. Yel’chenko (Ukraine) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

Security Council

4307^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL FORWARDS NOMINATIONS FOR RWANDA TRIBUNAL JUDGES

TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1347 (2001) UNANIMOUSLY

Having considered the nomination of judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda received by the Secretary-General, the Security Council this afternoon forwarded those nominations to the General Assembly.