S/INF/56 United Nations Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council 2000 Security Council Official Records Fifty-fifth Year S/INF/56 Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council 2000 Security Council Official Records Fifty-fifth Year United Nations • New York, 2002 NOTE The volume Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council is published on a yearly basis. The present volume contains the resolutions adopted and the decisions taken by the Council on substantive questions during 2000, as well as decisions on some of the more important procedural matters. The resolutions and decisions are set out in parts I and II, under general headings indicating the questions under consideration. In each part, the questions are arranged according to the date on which they were first taken up by the Council in the year under review, and under each question the resolutions and decisions appear in chronological order. The resolutions are numbered in the order of their adoption. Each resolution is followed by the result of the vote. Decisions are usually taken without a vote, but in cases where a vote has been recorded, it is given immediately after the decisions. S/INF/56 ISSN 0257-1455 Contents Page Membership of the Security Council in 2000............................................................................................................................. v Resolutions adopted and decisions taken by the Security Council in 2000 .......................................................................... 1 Part I. Questions considered by the Security Council under its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security The situation in Africa ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 The situation in Georgia .......................................................................................................................................................... 2 Items relating to the situation in the former Yugoslavia: The situation in Croatia.................................................................................................................................................. 10 The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina..................................................................................................................... 14 Security Council resolutions 1160 (1998), 1199 (1998), 1203 (1998), 1239 (1999) and 1244 (1999) ................... 21 Briefing by Mr. Carl Bildt, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Balkans .............................................. 26 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............................................ 26 Promoting peace and security: humanitarian assistance to refugees in Africa.................................................................... 27 The situation in Afghanistan ................................................................................................................................................... 29 The situation in Angola ........................................................................................................................................................... 38 The situation in Burundi.......................................................................................................................................................... 45 The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo.............................................................................................. 49 The situation between Iraq and Kuwait.................................................................................................................................. 69 The situation in East Timor..................................................................................................................................................... 78 The situation in the Middle East ............................................................................................................................................. 86 The situation in Sierra Leone .................................................................................................................................................. 95 Protection of United Nations personnel, associated personnel and humanitarian personnel in conflict zones................. 119 The situation in the Central African Republic ....................................................................................................................... 121 Protection of civilians in armed conflict................................................................................................................................. 123 The situation concerning Western Sahara.............................................................................................................................. 128 Maintaining peace and security: Humanitarian aspects of issues before the Security Council.......................................... 132 The question concerning Haiti ................................................................................................................................................ 134 The situation in Tajikistan and along the Tajik-Afghan border............................................................................................ 135 Maintenance of peace and security and post-conflict peace-building.................................................................................. 138 The situation in Guinea-Bissau............................................................................................................................................... 140 The situation concerning Rwanda .......................................................................................................................................... 143 General issues relating to sanctions ........................................................................................................................................ 144 The situation between Eritrea and Ethiopia ........................................................................................................................... 144 The situation in Cyprus............................................................................................................................................................ 155 iii Contents Page Exchange of letters between the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council concerning the India- Pakistan question 157 The situation in Somalia.......................................................................................................................................................... 157 The responsibility of the Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security: HIV/AIDS and international peacekeeping operations.................................................................................................................................... 159 Role of the Security Council in the prevention of armed conflicts ...................................................................................... 161 Children and armed conflict.................................................................................................................................................... 165 Ensuring an effective role of the Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security, in particular in Africa................................................................................................................................................................... 169 The situation in the Great Lakes region.................................................................................................................................. 172 The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian Question.................................................................................. 172 The situation in Liberia............................................................................................................................................................ 176 Women and peace and security .............................................................................................................................................. 176 Briefing by Judge Gilbert Guillaume, President of the International Court of Justice ....................................................... 180 Briefing by Mrs. Sadako Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees......................................................... 180 Ensuring an effective role of the Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security..................... 180 No exit without strategy........................................................................................................................................................... 185 Letter dated 10 November 2000 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of the Solomon Islands to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council............................................................................... 185 Briefing by the Secretary-General .........................................................................................................................................