UN Security Council
2004

9. Notes the support of the parties to the Peace Agreement for the continuation of the multinational stabilization force, set out in the declaration of the Ministerial meeting of the Peace Implementation Conference in Madrid on 16 December 1998 (S/1999/139, annex); 10. Welcomes the decision of NATO to conclude its current SFOR operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina by the end of 2004. Further welcomes the EU’s intention to launch an EU mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, including a military component, from December 2004; 11. Authorizes the Member States acting through or in cooperation with the organization referred to in Annex 1-A of the Peace Agreement to continue for a further planned period of 6 months the multinational stabilization force (SFOR) as established in accordance with its resolution 1088 (1996) under unified command and control in order to fulfil the role specified in Annex 1-A and Annex 2 of the Peace Agreement; 12. Expresses its intention to consider the terms of further authorization as necessary in the light of developments in the implementation of the Peace