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SC/6745

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES UN TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN EAST TIMOR FOR INITIAL PERIOD UNTIL 31 JANUARY 2001

Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1272 (1999), Council Authorizes Strength of 1,600 Police, 9,000 Military Troops

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SC/6744

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC UNTIL 15 FEBRUARY 2000

Resolution 1271 (1999) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA) until 15 February 2000.

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SC/6742

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES UN MISSION FOR SIERRA LEONE TO AID WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF LOME PEACE AGREEMENT

Resolution 1270 (1999) Adopted Unanimously

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SC/6743

SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, CONDEMNS AFGHANISTAN’S TALIBAN FOR JULY MILITARY OFFENSIVE, SHELTERING TERRORISTS

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SC/6741

SECURITY COUNCIL UNEQUIVOCALLY CONDEMNS TERRORISM AS ‘CRIMINAL AND UNJUSTIFIABLE’

Adopts Resolution (1269) Unanimously

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SC/6739

SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS THAT TALIBAN TURN OVER USAMA BIN LADEN TO APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES

Resolution 1267 (1999), Adopted Unanimously, Sets Out Measures To be Imposed if Demand Not Met by 14 November

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SC/6740

SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES ESTABLISHMENT, FOR INITIAL PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS, OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICE IN ANGOLA

Resolution 1268 (1999) Adopted Unanimously

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SC/6738

SECURITY COUNCIL INCREASES CEILING ON IRAQUI OIL EXPORTS UNDER ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME

Resolution 1266 (1999) Adopted Unanimously

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SC/6736

TWO-DAY SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING HEARS 54 SPEAKERS ON SECRETARY GENERAL’S 1998 REPORT ON AFRICA

The West was prepared to spend $40 billion to fight a war in the Balkans, and less than 1 per cent of that to save the lives of tens of millions in Africa, the representative of Nigeria told the Security Council at the end of its two-day open debate on the situation in Africa.

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SC/6737

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN OCTOBER

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

Security Council

Sergey V. Lavrov (Russian Federation) succeeds Arnold Peter van Walsum (Netherlands) as President of the Security Council.