Security Council

7 March 1997

Press Release
SC/6334

SECURITY COUNCIL URGES COMPLETION OF PREPARATIONS FOR 13 APRIL ELECTIONS ON EASTERN SLAVONIA, BARANJA, WESTERN SIRMIUM

19970307 Presidential Statement Acknowledges Date As `Realistic', Says Serbs' Best Interest Served by Participation as Equal Citizens

6 March 1997

Press Release
SC/6333
IK/215

IRAQ SANCTIONS COMMITTEE APPROVES 'POINTS OF UNDERSTANDING'

19970306 On 5 March 1997, the Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990), which is monitoring the sanctions against Iraq, approved the following Points of Understanding relating to the implementation of resolution 986 (1995):

Points of Understanding

6 March 1997

Press Release
SC/6332

ISRAEL SHOULD RESCIND DECISION TO BUILD SETTLEMENT IN EAST JERUSALEM, SAY SPEAKERS IN SECURITY COUNCIL

19970306 Forty-nine Speakers Address Council on Proposed Housing Project; Many Describe Project as Attempt to 'Judaize' Jerusalem before Negotiations

5 March 1997

Press Release
SC/6331

SECURITY COUNCIL BEGINS DEBATE ON ISRAELI DECISION TO CONSTRUCT NEW HOUSING IN EAST JERUSALEM

19970305 Settlement Plans Violate Agreements Already Reached, Say Speakers; Israel Says Status of Jerusalem Not Changed by Approval of Building Plans

5 March 1997

Press Release
SC/6331/Rev.1*

5 March 1997

Press Release
SC/6330

28 February 1997

Press Release
SC/6329

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN MARCH

19970228 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following new Chairmen of United Nations security bodies will take office on 1 March:

Security Council

Zbigniew M. Wlosowicz (Poland) succeeds Njuguna M. Mahugu (Kenya) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

27 February 1997

Press Release
SC/6327

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR HALT TO HOSTILITIES IN SOMALIA, COOPERATION WITH REGIONAL PEACE INITIATIVES

19970227 Commitments Made by Somali Faction Leaders at Meetings In Sodere, Ethiopia, and Nairobi, Kenya, Cited in Presidential Statement

The Security Council this morning called upon all Somali factions to cease immediately all hostilities and to cooperate with the regional and other efforts for peace and national reconciliation.

27 February 1997

Press Release
SC/6328

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ANGOLA MISSION UNTIL 31 MARCH, EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN AT DELAYS IN FORMING GOVERNMENT

19970227 Resolution 1098 (1997), Adopted Unanimously, Cites Failure of UNITA to Meet Agreed-upon Timetable

18 February 1997

Press Release
SC/6326