SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE TO VISIT REGION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ARMS EMBARGO

NEW YORK, 22 October (UN Department of Political Affairs) -- The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) held its twenty-fifth formal meeting today to discuss the preparation of the mission to Somalia and States in the region in compliance with resolution 1474 (2003).

Security Council

4846^th Meeting (AM)

‘WE MEET AT A LOW POINT’, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL PRENDERGAST

TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL IN LATEST BRIEFING ON MIDDLE EAST

International Community Must Reassert Its Role, Help Implement Road Map,

PRESS STATEMENT ON KOSOVO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Kosovo by Security Council President John Negroponte (United States):

Security Council

4844^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, ACTING UNANIMOUSLY, CALLS FOR POWER TO BE RETURNED

TO IRAQI PEOPLE ‘AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE’

Resolves UN Should Strengthen ‘Vital Role’ in Country,

Invites Timetable by 15 December for Drafting Constitution, Holding Elections

Security Council

4845^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE TO HELP

INCREASE MEANS AVAILABLE TO STATES TO COMBAT TERRORISM

Committee Chair Briefs Council,

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4843^rd Meeting (AM)

‘REMARKABLE’ GAINS MADE IN TIMOR-LESTE SINCE UN SUPPORT MISSION ESTABLISHED,

BUT UN PRESENCE NEEDED BEYOND END OF MANDATE, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Security Council

4842^nd Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL FAILS TO ADOPT DRAFT RESOLUTION DECLARING ILLEGAL

ISRAELI CONSTRUCTION OF WALL IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

Vote Is 10 in Favour to 1 Against (United States),

With 4 Abstentions (Bulgaria, Cameroon, Germany, United Kingdom)

Security Council

4841^st Meeting (AM)

IN DAY-LONG SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING, PALESTINE OBSERVER SAYS ISRAELI

SECURITY WALL INVOLVES DE FACTO ANNEXATION OF OCCUPIED LAND

Security Council

4840^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL SEEKS EXPANSION OF ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL EFFORT

IN AFGHANISTAN, TO EXTEND BEYOND KABUL

Security Council

4839^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT WELCOMING AGREEMENT

BETWEEN PARTIES IN SUDAN CIVIL CONFLICT

The Security Council this afternoon welcomed the agreements on security arrangements between the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army, reached at Naivasha, Kenya, in September 2003.