Security Council

5 February 1998

Press Release
SC/6476

ACTING UNDER CHAPTER VII, SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF INTER-AFRICAN MONITORING MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC UNTIL 16 MARCH

19980205 Resolution 1152 (1998), Adopted Unanimously, Expresses Intention To Decide on Establishment of UN Peacekeeping Operation by Then

2 February 1998

Press Release
SC/6475

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN FEBRUARY

19980202 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for February:

Security Council

Denis Dangue Rewaka (Gabon) succeeds Alain Dejammet (France) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

30 January 1998

Press Release
SC/6474

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON UNTIL 31 JULY

19980130 Resolution 1151 (1998) Adopted Unanimously; Presidential Statement Expresses Concern over Continuing Violence

30 January 1998

Press Release
SC/6473

SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION EXTENDING MANDATE OF OBSERVER MISSION IN GEORGIA UNTIL 31 JULY

19980130 Resolution 1150 (1998) Calls on Parties To Work Constructively To Achieve Comprehensive Settlement of Conflict in Abkhazia, Georgia

28 January 1998

Press Release
SC/6472

27 January 1998

Press Release
SC/6471

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF ANGOLA OBSERVER MISSION, INCLUDING MILITARY TASK FORCE, UNTIL 30 APRIL

19980127 Resolution 1149 (1998), Adopted Unanimously, Urges Complete Implementation of Lusaka Protocol According to Final Timetable

26 January 1998

Press Release
SC/6470

14 January 1998

Press Release
SC/6468

SECURITY COUNCIL DEPLORES IRAQ'S DECISION TO HALT WORK OF UNSCOM INSPECTION TEAM

19980114 Presidential Statement also Reiterates Demand That Iraq Cooperate Fully, Without Conditions with UNSCOM

13 January 1998

Press Release
SC/6467

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF UNMOP UNTIL 15 JULY

19980113

The Security Council this morning authorized the United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP), which consists of 28 military observers, to continue monitoring the demilitarization of the Prevlaka peninsula until 15 July.

9 January 1998

Press Release
SC/6465

CHALLENGE OF CRISES IN AFRICA DOMINATES SECURITY COUNCIL WORK IN 1997

19980109

On 25 September 1997, the Security Council held the third ministerial- level meeting convened in its history, providing a high-level forum for discussion of the situation in Africa, in a year when events in that continent were a major focus of its work.