UNSC TERMINATES REMAINING RWANDA SANCTIONS

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 000620 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC SUBJECT: UNSC TERMINATES REMAINING RWANDA SANCTIONS REF: SECSTATE 74151 ¶1. On July 10, the UN Security Council adopted unanimously resolution 1823 (2008),which terminates all remaining sanctions on Rwanda and dissolves the Rwanda Sanctions Committee (text at para 2). No delegation delivered a statement at the session. ¶2. BEGIN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1823 (2008): Recalling its resolution 918 (1994),resolution 1005 (1995),resolution 1011 (1995),resolution 1013 (1995), resolution 1053 (1996),resolution 1161 (1998),and resolution 1749 (2007), Having considered the report of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda of 31 December 2007 (S/2007/782) and the oral report of the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda of 22 May 2008, Stressing the importance of the cooperation of all States, in particular those in the region, with the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo and with the Group of Experts established by resolution 1533 (2004),while carrying out its mandate as renewed by resolution 1807 (2008), Stressing further the need for States in the region to ensure that arms and related materiel delivered to them are not diverted to or used by illegal armed groups, Recalling the joint communique of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda signed in Nairobi on 9 November 2007 and the outcome of the Conference for Peace, Security and Development in North and South Kivu, held in Goma from 6 to 23 January 2008, which together represent a major step towards the restoration of lasting peace and stability in the Great Lakes region, and looking forward to their full implementation, Welcoming the entry into force of the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region and stressing the importance of its full implementation, Reiterating its call upon the States of the region to deepen further their cooperation with a view to consolidating peace in the region, Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, ¶1. Decides to terminate the prohibitions imposed by paragraphs 9 and 10 of resolution 1011 (1995); ¶2. Decides further to dissolve the Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda. //END RESOLUTION// Khalilzad