UN Security Council
2003

United Nations S/RES/1499 (2003) Security Council Distr.: General 13 August 2003 Resolution 1499 (2003) Adopted by the Security Council at its 4807th meeting, on 13 August 2003 The Security Council, Recalling its previous relevant resolutions and statements of its President on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular resolutions 1457 and 1493 (2003), Welcoming recent progress in the political process and the establishment of the transitional government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Noting with great concern that the plundering of natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues, especially in the eastern part of the country, as reported to the Council in an interim briefing, on 24 July 2003, from the Chairman of the Expert Panel on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (hereinafter “the Panel”), and stressing that appropriate action should be taken with regard to those responsible for such activities, Taking note of the Panel’s efforts to establish constructive dialogue with