Security Council resolution 1749 (2007) [on termination of measures imposed by paragraph 11 of resolution 1011 (1995) on arms embargo against Rwanda]
Symbol: S/RES/1749(2007)
Date: 2007-03-28
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/62 [95] RWANDA SITUATION
Subjects: UN. Security Council (50th year : 1995) > Resolutions and decisions|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|ARMS EMBARGO|RWANDA|RWANDA SITUATION|SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BELGIUM
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: CONGO
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GHANA
vote: yes
country: INDONESIA
vote: yes
country: ITALY
vote: yes
country: PANAMA
vote: yes
country: PERU
vote: yes
country: QATAR
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SLOVAKIA
vote: yes
country: SOUTH AFRICA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                     S/RES/1749 (2007)
               Security Council                                                 Distr.: General
                                                                                28 March 2007




               Resolution 1749 (2007)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 5650th meeting on
               28 March 2007

                    The Security Council,
                    Recalling its resolutions 918 (1994) of 17 May 1994, 1005 (1995) of 17 July
               1995, 1011 (1995) of 16 August 1995, 1013 (1995) of 7 September 1995, 1053
               (1996) of 23 April 1996, and 1161 (1998) of 9 April 1998,
                    Having considered the report of the Security Council Committee established
               pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda of 28 December 2006
               (S/2006/1049) and the oral report of the Chairman of the Security Council
               Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda of
               13 March 2007,
                    Taking note of the letter dated 2 March 2007 from the Permanent
               Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations addressed to the President of the
               Security Council (S/2007/121) requesting the termination of the measures imposed
               by paragraph 11 of resolution 1011 (1995),
                     Recalling the termination on 1 September 1996 of the restrictions imposed by
               paragraph 13 of resolution 918 (1994) in accordance with paragraph 8 of resolution
               1011 (1995) and reaffirming the measures imposed by paragraphs 9 and 10 of
               resolution 1011 (1995),
                     Stressing the importance of the cooperation of all States, in particular those in
               the region, with the Security Council Committees established pursuant to
               resolutions 918 (1994) and 1533 (2004) and with the Group of Experts established
               by resolution 1533 (2004), while carrying out its mandate as renewed by resolution
               1698 (2006),
                     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,
                     Welcoming the positive developments in Rwanda and the Great Lakes Region,
               particularly the signing of the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the
               Great Lakes Region at the Second Summit of the International Conference on the
               Great Lakes Region in Nairobi, Kenya, on 15 December 2006, and encouraging the



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               signatories to ratify this pact as soon as possible and to provide for its expeditious
               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 with immediate effect the measures imposed by
               paragraph 11 of resolution 1011 (1995);
                    2.    Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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