Security Council

4277^th Meeting* (AM)

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON KOSOVO;

DESCRIBES PROGRESS TOWARDS PROVINCE-WIDE ELECTIONS

Council Members Stress Concerns on Recent Violence in Mitrovica,

Security Council

4275^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES PEACE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA,

URGES FULL, EXPEDITIOUS COOPERATION WITH UNITED NATIONS MISSION

Presidential Statement Also Welcomes Temporary Security Zone Agreement,

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4274^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL SENDS NOMINATIONS FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

TRIBUNAL JUDGES TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The Security Council this afternoon decided to forward to the General Assembly a list of nominees to be considered for election as Permanent Judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

Security Council

4273^rd Meeting (AM)

PRESIDENT OF RWANDA OUTLINES CONDITIONS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF FORCES

FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

President Paul Kagame of Rwanda called upon the Security Council this morning to help secure peace in the Great Lakes region and expressed his readiness to take advantage of the changed leadership in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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4272^nd Meeting (AM & PM))

PEACE-BUILDING CAN BE POWERFUL DETERRENT TO CONFLICT, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Peace-building done well was a powerful deterrent to violent conflict, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today, as the Security Council began a day-long debate on comprehensive approaches to the question.

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4271^st Meeting (PM)

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO PRESIDENT ASSURES COUNCIL

OF HIS COMMITMENT TO LUSAKA AGREEMENT

President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo told the Security Council this afternoon that he would examine ways and means of getting the Lusaka Agreement going again, together with his allies, while maintaining the sovereignty and unity of his country.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AMENDS LIST CONCERNING SIERRA LEONE

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN FEBRUARY

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

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Saïd Ben Mustapha (Tunisia) succeeds Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

Security Council

4269^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNOMIG MANDATE UNTIL 31 JULY

The Security Council this afternoon called upon the parties to the conflict in Abkhazia, Georgia, particularly the Abkhaz side, to negotiate the core political questions and all other outstanding issues, as it extended the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) until 31 July.

Security Council

4270^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH WORKING GROUP ON PEACEKEEPING ISSUES

The Security Council has decided to establish a Working Group of the Whole on United Nations peacekeeping operations, to address generic peacekeeping issues relevant to its responsibilities and other related matters, according to a statement read out by Council President Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore) this afternoon.