UN Security Council
1977

Resolution 419 (1977) of 24 November 1977 The Security Council, Having heard the statement of the Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of Benin to the United Nations, 72 especially regarding the threats of aggression by mercenaries, Deeply concerned over the danger which international mercenaries represent for all States, in particular the smaller ones, Convinced of the necessity of co-operation between all States, in conformity with paragraph 10 of resolution 405 (1977) of 14 April 1977, to collect more information about the mercenaries who operated against the People’s Republic of Benin on 16 January 1977, 1. Reaffirms its resolution 405 (1977), in which it had, among other provisions, taken note of the report 70 of the Security Council Special Mission to the People’s Republic of Benin established under resolution 404 (1977) of 8 February 1977 and strongly condemned the act of armed aggression perpetrated against the People’s Republic of Benin on 16 January 1977 and all forms of external interference in the internal affairs of Member States, including the use of international mercenaries to destabilize States and/or to