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08USUNNEWYORK620
2008-07-11 22:39:00
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USUN New York
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UNSC TERMINATES REMAINING RWANDA SANCTIONS

Tags:  DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC 
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TAGS: DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
SUBJECT: UNSC TERMINATES REMAINING RWANDA SANCTIONS

REF: SECSTATE 74151

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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//
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