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A/59/2 United Nations Report of the Security Council 1 August 2003-31 July 2004 General Assembly Official Records Fifty-ninth Session Supplement No. 2 (A/59/2) General Assembly Official Records Fifty-ninth Session Supplement No. 2 (A/59/2) Report of the Security Council 1 August 2003-31 July 2004 United Nations • New York, 2004 A/59/2 Note Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. Documents of the Security Council (symbol S/...) are normally published in quarterly Supplements to the Official Records of the Security Council. The date of the document indicates the supplement in which it appears or in which information about it is given. The resolutions of the Security Council are published in yearly volumes of Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council. ISSN 0082-8238 [29 September 2004] Contents Chapter Page Introduction .................................................................... 1 Part I Activities relating to all questions considered by the Security Council under its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security I. Resolutions adopted by the Security Council during the period from 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004 ................................................................... 25 II. Statements made and/or issued by the President of the Security Council during the period from 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004................................................ 30 III. Official communiqués issued by the Security Council during the period from 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004 ................................................................. 33 IV. Monthly assessments by former Presidents of the work of the Security Council for the period from 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004 .......................................... 36 V. Meetings of the Security Council held during the period from 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004 ................................................................. 37 VI. Annual reports of the sanctions committees.......................................... 60 VII. Meetings of the Security Council and troop-contributing countries held during the period from 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004................................................ 61 VIII. Meetings of subsidiary bodies of the Security Council held during the period from 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004 .................................................... 62 IX. Meetings of the working groups of the Security Council held during the period from 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004 .................................................... 65 X. Panels and monitoring mechanisms and their reports .................................. 66 XI. Security Council missions and their reports.......................................... 67 XII. Peacekeeping operations established, functioning or terminated, 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004 ................................................................... 68 XIII. Reports of the Secretary-General issued during the period from 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004 ................................................................... 70 XIV. Summary statements by the Secretary-General on matters of which the Security Council was seized during the period from 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004 ........................... 74 XV. Notes by the President of the Security Council issued during the period from 1 August 2003 to 31 July 2004 ................................................................. 75 iii Part II Questions considered by the Security Council under its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security 1. The situation in Liberia........................................................... 77 2. The situation in Côte d’Ivoire ..................................................... 80 3. Letter dated 31 March 1998 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Papua New Guinea to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council.. 84 4. International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 .......................................................................... 85 5. The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo ......................... 87 6. The situation between Iraq and Kuwait .............................................. 91 7. Items relating to the situation in the former Yugoslavia................................. 95 A. Security Council resolutions 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998), 1203 (1998), 1239 (1999) and 1244 (1999) ................................................................ 95 B. The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina ........................................ 96 C. International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 ....................................................... 98 8. Items relating to the situation in the Middle East ...................................... 100 A. The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question .................. 100 B. Letter dated 5 October 2003 from the Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council Letter dated 5 October 2003 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council ................... 106 C. The situation in the Middle East ............................................... 107 1. United Nations Disengagement Observer Force .............................. 107 2. United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and developments in the Israel-Lebanon sector ................................................................. 109 9. Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts ....................... 113 10. Protection of United Nations personnel, associated personnel and humanitarian personnel in conflict zones................................................................... 124 iv 11. Letters dated 20 and 23 December 1991 from France, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America................................. 124 12. Strengthening cooperation with troop-contributing countries ............................ 125 A. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B .................................................... 125 B. Meeting of the Security Council with the potential troop and civilian police- contributing countries to the proposed United Nations peacekeeping operation in Liberia pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B................ 125 C. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B ............................................................ 125 D. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B ......................................... 126 E. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Mission in Côte d’Ivoire pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B ............................................................ 126 F. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B .................................................... 126 G. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B .................................................... 127 H. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B .................................................... 127 I. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B ............................................................ 127 J. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B .................................................... 127 K. Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B .....................