Security Council

21 January 1999

Press Release
SC/6630

SECURITY COUNCIL, ALARMED BY DETERIORATING SITUATION IN ANGOLA, STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED UN PRESENCE

19990121 Presidential Statement Reaffirms Primary Cause of Crisis UNITA's Refusal To Comply with Basic Provisions of Lusaka Protocol

19 January 1999

Press Release
SC/6628

SECURITY COUNCIL STRONGLY CONDEMNS MASSACRE OF KOSOVO ALBANIANS IN SOUTHERN KOSOVO

19990119 Presidential Statement Deplores Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Decision to Refuse Access to Former Yugoslavia Tribunal Prosecutor

15 January 1999

Press Release
SC/6627

12 January 1999

Press Release
SC/6626

SECURITY COUNCIL 1998: ELUSIVE QUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

19990112

Despite auspicious signs at the beginning of 1998 that peaceful solutions would resolve some long-standing conflicts and crises, by the end of the year the overall global security landscape looked grim, with renewed bombing of Iraq, as well as continued conflict in Africa.

12 January 1999

Press Release
SC/6624

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS SIERRA LEONE OBSERVER MISSION MANDATE UNTIL 13 MARCH

19990112 Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1220 (1999), Council Encourages All Efforts To Resolve Conflict and Restore Lasting Peace

12 January 1999

Press Release
SC/6625

SECURITY COUNCIL REITERATES DEMAND THAT UNITA LEADER COOPERATE IMMEDIATELY IN SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS OF RECENT PLANE CRASHES

19990112 Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1221 (1999), Council Condemns Downing Of Two United Nations Planes and Deplores Loss of Other Commercial Aircraft

7 January 1999

Press Release
SC/6622

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS UNACCEPTABLE ATTEMPT BY REBELS TO OVERTHROW DEMOCRATICALLY-ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE

19990107 Presidential Statement Also Condemns Those Supporting Rebels with Arms And Mercenaries, Reaffirms Obligation of States to Comply with Arms Embargo

The Security Council this evening stressed the importance of dialogue and national reconciliation for the restoration of lasting peace and stability in Sierra Leone.

5 January 1999

Press Release
SC/6621

4 January 1999

Press Release
SC/6620

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN JANUARY

19990104 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for January:

Security Council

Celso L. N. Amorim (Brazil) succeeds Jassim Mohammed Buallay (Bahrain) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

31 December 1998

Press Release
SC/6619

SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS UNITA LEADER RESPOND IMMEDIATELY TO UN APPEALS TO SEARCH AND RESCUE POSSIBLE SURVIVORS OF FLIGHT 806

19981231 Resolution 1219 (1998), Unanimously Adopted, Condemns Absence Of Actions to Determine Fate of Crew and Passengers aboard 26 December Crash