Security Council resolution 1823 (2008) [on termination of prohibitions and dissolution of the Committee Established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) on the sale or supply of arms and matériel to Rwanda]
Symbol: S/RES/1823(2008)
Date: 2008-07-10
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/63 [95] RWANDA SITUATION
Subjects: UN. Security Council Committee Established pursuant to Resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda > Dissolution|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|POLITICAL CONDITIONS|ARMS EMBARGO|RWANDA|RWANDA SITUATION|ARMS TRANSFERS|REGIONAL SECURITY|GREAT LAKES REGION (AFRICA)
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BELGIUM
vote: yes
country: BURKINA FASO
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: COSTA RICA
vote: yes
country: CROATIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: INDONESIA
vote: yes
country: ITALY
vote: yes
country: LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
vote: yes
country: PANAMA
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SOUTH AFRICA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VIET NAM
vote: yes

            United Nations                                                                     S/RES/1823 (2008)
            Security Council                                                 Distr.: General
                                                                             10 July 2008




            Resolution 1823 (2008)
            Adopted by the Security Council at its 5931st meeting, on
            10 July 2008

                 The Security Council,
                  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 communiqué of the Government of the Democratic
            Republic of the 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,



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S/RES/1823 (2008)


                     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.




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