Security Council resolution 1484 (2003) [on authorization of deployment of an Interim Emergency Multinational Force in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo]
Symbol: S/RES/1484(2003)
Date: 2003-05-30
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/58 [102] DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO SITUATION
S/58 [105] UN ORGANIZATION MISSION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Subjects: UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Interim Emergency Multinational Force in Bunia|Interim Emergency Multinational Force in Bunia > Terms of reference|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|INTERNAL SECURITY|RAPID DEPLOYMENT FORCES|HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES|CEASEFIRES|DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO|DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO SITUATION|PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|AIRPORTS|DISPLACED PERSONS|REFUGEE CAMPS|STAFF SECURITY|CIVILIAN PERSONS|RELIEF PERSONNEL|TROOP-CONTRIBUTING STATES|MILITARY PERSONNEL|EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES|FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE|LOGISTICS|HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICTS|IMPUNITY|ARMED INCIDENTS|CRIMINAL JUSTICE|HUMAN RIGHTS|GREAT LAKES REGION (AFRICA)|FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT|MILITARY ACTIVITY|ARMS TRANSFERS|PERIODIC REPORTS
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: ANGOLA
vote: yes
country: BULGARIA
vote: yes
country: CAMEROON
vote: yes
country: CHILE
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GERMANY
vote: yes
country: GUINEA
vote: yes
country: MEXICO
vote: yes
country: PAKISTAN
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SPAIN
vote: yes
country: SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                     S/RES/1484 (2003)
               Security Council                                                 Distr.: General

                                                                                30 May 2003




               Resolution 1484 (2003)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 4764th meeting, on
               30 May 2003
                    The Security Council,
                    Recalling its previous resolutions and statements by its President on the
               Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular the statement of 16 May 2003
               (S/PRST/2003/6),
                     Determined to promote the peace process at the national level, and in
               particular to facilitate the early establishment of an inclusive transitional
               government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
                     Expressing its utmost concern at the fighting and atrocities in Ituri, as well as
               the gravity of the humanitarian situation in the town of Bunia,
                     Reaffirming its full support for the political process initiated by the Ituri
               Pacification Commission, calling for its swift resumption and for the establishment
               of an effective inclusive security mechanism in this framework, to complement and
               support the existing Ituri Interim administration,
                    Recognizing the urgent need for a secure base to allow the full functioning of
               the institutions of the Ituri Interim Administration, and recognizing that the
               Engagement to Relaunch the Ituri pacification process, signed in Dar es Salaam on
               16 May 2003, reaffirms the Ituri parties’ commitment to the Ituri Interim
               Administration, and commits them to join a process of cantonment and
               demilitarization,
                    Commending the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic
               Republic of the Congo (MONUC) for its efforts in order to stabilize the situation in
               Bunia and to support the political process in Ituri, in particular the effective
               performance of its Uruguayan contingent deployed there, recognizing the need to
               support the work of MONUC in the field, and deploring attacks on MONUC and
               consequent loss of life,
                    Taking note of the request of the Secretary-General to the Council in his letter
               dated 15 May 2003 (S/2003/574) and taking note also of the support for this request
               expressed in the letter to the Secretary-General from the President of the Democratic
               Republic of the Congo and also by the Ituri parties on 16 May 2003 in Dar es
               Salaam, as well as the support expressed in the letters to the Secretary-General from
               the President of Rwanda and from the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of
               Uganda, as requested by the Secretary-General, for the deployment of a
               multinational force in Bunia,


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S/RES/1484 (2003)


                     Determining that the situation in the Ituri region and in Bunia in particular
               constitutes a threat to the peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
               and to the peace and security in the Great Lakes region,
                    Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
                     1.    Authorizes the deployment until 1 September 2003 of an Interim
               Emergency Multinational Force in Bunia in close coordination with MONUC, in
               particular its contingent currently deployed in the town, to contribute to the
               stabilization of the security conditions and the improvement of the humanitarian
               situation in Bunia, to ensure the protection of the airport, the internally displaced
               persons in the camps in Bunia and, if the situation requires it, to contribute to the
               safety of the civilian population, United Nations personnel and the humanitarian
               presence in the town;
                    2.    Stresses that this Interim Emergency Multinational Force is to be
               deployed on a strictly temporary basis to allow the Secretary-General to reinforce
               MONUC’s presence in Bunia and in this regard, authorizes the Secretary-General to
               deploy, within the overall authorized MONUC ceiling, of a reinforced United
               Nations presence to Bunia, and requests him to do so by mid-August 2003;
                     3.   Calls on Member States to contribute personnel, equipment and other
               necessary financial and logistic resources to the multinational force and invites
               contributing Member States to inform the leadership of the force and the Secretary-General;
                    4.   Authorizes the Member States participating in the Interim Emergency
               Multinational Force in Bunia to take all necessary measures to fulfil its mandate;
                    5.   Demands that all the parties to the conflict in Ituri and in particular in
               Bunia cease hostilities immediately and reiterates that international humanitarian
               law must be respected, and that there will be no impunity for violators;
                    6.     Strongly condemns the deliberate killing of unarmed MONUC personnel
               and staff of humanitarian organizations in Ituri and demands that the perpetrators be
               brought to justice;
                     7.    Demands that all Congolese parties and all States in the Great Lakes
               region respect human rights, cooperate with the Interim Emergency Multinational
               Force and with MONUC in the stabilization of the situation in Bunia and provide
               assistance as appropriate, that they provide full freedom of movement to the Force,
               and that they refrain from any military activity or from any activity that could
               further destabilize the situation in Ituri, and in this regard, demands also the
               cessation of all support, in particular weapons and any other military materiel, to the
               armed groups and militias, and further demands that all Congolese parties and all
               States in the region actively prevent the supply of such support;
                     8.   Calls on all Member States and in particular those in the Great Lakes
               region to provide all necessary support to facilitate the swift deployment in Bunia of
               the Interim Emergency Multinational Force;
                    9.   Requests the leadership of the Interim Emergency Multinational Force in
               Bunia to report regularly to the Council through the Secretary-General, on the
               implementation of its mandate;
                    10.   Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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