Security Council

20 March 1998

Press Release
SC/6491

SPEAKERS URGE SECURITY COUNCIL TO LIFT ITS SANCTIONS AGAINST LIBYA STEMMING FROM 1988 BOMBING OF PAN AM FLIGHT 103

19980320 Council Asked to Suspend Sanctions Pending World Court Ruling Relating to Trial Venue for Libyan Suspects

20 March 1998

Press Release
SC/6489

SECURITY COUNCIL ENDORSES GRADUAL DOWNSIZING OF MILITARY COMPONENT OF ANGOLA OBSERVER MISSION, INCREASES POLICE OBSERVERS

19980320 Resolution 1157 (1998), Adopted Unanimously, Also Condemns UNITA Attacks on Mission Personnel

20 March 1998

Press Release
SC/6490

SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON LIBYA FOLLOWING BOMBING OF PAN AM FLIGHT 103, UTA FLIGHT 772

19980320 Hears of Arab League Proposal for Trial Of Libyan Suspects Outside United Kingdom, United States

19 March 1998

Press Release
SC/6488

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBYA SANCTIONS REITERATES WILLINGNESS TO FACILITATE TRAVEL OF LIBYAN HAJ PILGRIMS

19980319 Also Expresses Willingness to Continue Considering Necessary Humanitarian Exemptions from Sanctions Regime

The following was issued today by the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 748 (1992) concerning Libya:

19 March 1998

Press Release
SC/6487

SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES DECISION TO EXTEND INTERNATIONAL SUPERVISORY REGIME IN BRCKO, PENDING FINAL ARBITRATION PHASE AT END OF YEAR

19980319 Presidential Statement Underscores Importance Of Parties' Cooperation with International Supervisor

16 March 1998

Press Release
SC/6486

SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES RETURN OF DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF SIERRA LEONE, LIFTS PETROLEUM SANCTIONS

19980316 By Resolution 1156 (1998), Adopted Unanimously, Council Decides Also To Review Other Related Prohibitions

16 March 1998

Press Release
SC/6485

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS TO 27 MARCH AUTHORIZATION TO MEMBER STATES PARTICIPATING IN INTER-AFRICAN MONITORING MISSION (MISAB)

19980316 Resolution 1155 (1988), Adopted Unanimously, Affirms Council's Intention to Decide by 27 March on UN Operation in Central African Republic

6 March 1998

Press Release
SC/6484

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON CROATIAN GOVERNMENT TO DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO OBLIGATIONS THROUGH ACTIONS

19980306 Presidential Statement Calls For Prompt, Unequivocal Steps To Ensure Safety, Security and Rights of All Croatian Citizens

2 March 1998

Press Release
SC/6483

ACTING UNDER CHAPTER VII, SECURITY COUNCIL ENDORSES MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SIGNED BY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF IRAQ AND SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980302 Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1154 (1998), Stresses Any Violation of Its Obligations Would Have 'Severest Consequences' for Iraq

27 February 1998

Press Release
SC/6482

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN MARCH

19980227 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for March:

Security Council

Abdoulie Momodou Sallah (Gambia) succeeds Denis Dangue Rewaka (Gabon) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee