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Resolutions of the Security Council
2008  
S/ RES/1807,
31 March 2008
The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo
S/ RES/1804,
13 March 2008
By which the Council demanded that armed groups and militias in the eastern part of the DRC immediately lay down their arms and turn themselves into Congolese and MONUC authorities for disarmament, demobilization, repatriation, resettlement and reintegration.
S/ RES/1797,
30 January 2008
By which the Council authorized MONUC to assist the Congolese authorities in organizing, preparing and conducting local elections.
   
2007  
S/ RES/1794,
21 December 2007
By which the Council decided to extend the mandate and capacity of MONUC for one year, until 31 December 2008.
S/ RES/1771,
10 August 2007
By which the Council decided to renew the arms embargo until 15 February 2008.
S/ RES/1768,
31 July 2007
By which the Council decided to extend the arms embargo for another 10 days
S/ RES/1756,
15 May 2007
By which the Council decided to extend the mandate of MONUC until 31 December 2007.
S/ RES/1751,
13 April 2007
By which the Council decided to extend the mandate of MONUC until 15 May 2007.
S/ RES/1742,
15 February 2007
By which the Council decided to extend the mandate of MONUC until 15 April 2007.
   
2006  
S/ RES/1736,
22 December 2006
By which the Council authorized, from 1 January 2007, until the expiry of MONUC’s than current mandate on 15 February 2007, an increase in the military strength of MONUC of up to 916 military personnel, to allow for the continued deployment to MONUC of the infantry battalion and the military hospital authorized under the ONUB mandate.
S/ RES/1711,
29 September 2006
By which the Council decided to extend the mandate of MONUC until 15 February 2007; extended until the same date the increase in the military and civilian police strength authorized to assist in the electoral process and, until 31 December 2006, an authorization to redeploy a maximum of one infantry battalion, a military hospital and 50 military observers from ONUB to MONUC, underlining the temporary character of those arrangements.
S/ RES/1698,
31 July 2006
By which the Council decided to renew the existing sanctions regime in the DRC for a further year, in light of the failure by the parties to comply with its demands.
S/ RES/1693,
30 June 2006
By which the Council decided to extend until 30 September 2006 the strength authorization contained in resolution 1669.
S/ RES/1692,
30 June 2006
By which the Council decided to extend the increase authorized by resolutions 1621 and 1635 until 30 September 2006.
S/ RES/1671,
25 April 2006
Acting under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, the Council authorized, for a period ending four months after the date of the first round of upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, the temporary deployment of a European Union reserve force ("Eufor R.D.Congo") to support MONUC in the DRC.
S/ RES/1669,
10 April 2006
By which the Council decided to authorize the Secretary-General to redeploy temporarily a maximum of one infantry battalion, a military hospital and up to 50 military observers from ONUB (UN Operation in Burundi) to MONUC, until 1 July 2006.
S/ RES/1654,
31 January 2006
By which the Council, among other things, requested the Secretary-General to re-establish the Group of Experts, for a period expiring on 31 July 2006, to continue fulfilling its mandate as defined in resolutions 1533, 1596 and 1649.
   
2005  
S/ RES/1649,
21 December 2005
By which the Council, among other things, demanded that foreign fighters in DRC disarm by 15 January or face sanctions.
S/ RES/1635,
28 October 2005
By which the Council, among other things, extended the mandate of MONUC until 30 September 2006 and authorized an increase of 300 personnel in its military strength. The Council underlined the temporary character of this increase and requested the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps with a view to downsizing or repatriating this additional strength from 1 July 2006 at the latest.
S/ RES/1628,
30 September 2005
By which the Council decided to extend the mandate of MONUC until 31 October 2005.
S/ RES/1621,
6 September 2005
By which the Council, among other things, authorized an increase of 841 personnel in the strength of the Mission, including additional police personnel, and up to five formed police units of 125 officers each.  Underlining the temporary character of such deployment, it requested the Secretary-General to start downsizing or repatriating the additional personnel from 1 July 2006 at the latest.
S/ RES/1616,
29 July 2005
By which the Council, among other things, reiterated its serious concern regarding the presence of armed groups and militias in the eastern DRC, condemned the continued illicit flow of weapons within and into that country and decided to maintain the existing sanctions regime in the DRC for another year in light of the parties’ failure to comply with its demands.
S/ RES/1596,
18 April 2005
Reissued for technical reasons on 3 May 2005.
S/ RES/1596,
18 April 2005
By which the Council, among other things, condemned the continuing illicit flow of weapons within and into the DRC and decided that the arms embargo imposed by resolution 1493 of July 2003 would apply to any recipient within that country’s territory, and imposed a travel ban and assets freeze on those violating the embargo.
S/RES/1592,
30 March 2005
By which the Council, among other things, extended the mandate of MONUC until 1 October 2005, reaffirmed its concern regarding acts of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by UN personnel against the local population and urged troop-contributing countries to take appropriate action to prevent such acts by their personnel in MONUC.
   
2004  
S/RES/1565,
1 October 2004
By which the Council, among other things, extended the mandate of MONUC until 31 March 2005 and authorized the increase of MONUC’s strength by 5,900 personnel.
S/RES/1555,
29 July 2004
By which the Council, among other things, extended the mandate of MONUC until 1 October 2004.
S/RES/1552,
27 July 2004
By which the Council, among other things, decided to renew its arms embargo against irregular forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 31 July of 2005 "in light of the failure by the parties to comply" with previous demands and called for the re-establishment of an expert group to analyze any further violations.
S/RES/1533,
12 March 2004
By which the Council, among other things, decided to establish a committee to monitor compliance with the arms embargo imposed last July against all armed groups operating in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
S/RES/1522,
15 January 2004
By which the Council, among other things, welcomed the efforts currently undertaken to set up the first integrated and unified brigade in Kisangani.
   
2003  

S/RES/1501,
26 August 2003

By which the Council, among other things, authorized the States members of the Interim Emergency Multinational Force to provide assistance to the MONUC contingent deployed in Bunia and its immediate surroundings, if MONUC requests them to do so and if exceptional circumstances demand it.
S/RES/1493,
28 July 2003
By which the Council, among other things, extended the mandate of MONUC until 30 July 2004, increased the military strength to 10,800 and authorized MONUC to use all necessary means to fulfil its mandate in Ituri and North and South Kivu.
S/RES/1489,
26 June 2003
By which the Council, extended the mandate of MONUC until 30 July 2003

S/RES/1484,
30 May 2003

By which the Council, among other things, authorized the deployment until 1 September 2003 of an Interim Emergency Multinational Force in Bunia in close coordination with MONUC
S/RES/1468,
20 March 2003
By which the Council, among other things, welcomed the agreement on transitional arrangements, requested the Secretary-General to increase the number of personnel in MONUC’s human rights component and expressed its support to the broad orientations set out by the Secretary-General in his last report on the role of MONUC in support of the peace process
S/RES/1457,
24 January 2003
By which the Council, among other things, requested the Secretary-General to give a new mandate of six months to the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
   
2002  
S/RES/1445,
4 December 2002
By which the Council, among other things, endorsed the recommendations of the Secretary-General in his special report, endorsed the new concept of operations outlined in the report and authorized the expansion of MONUC to consist of up to 8,700 personnel
S/RES/1417,
14 June 2002
By which the Council, among other things, extended the mandate of MONUC until 30 June 2003; took note of the recommendation by the Secretary-General for a troop ceiling increase and expressed its intention to consider authorizing it as soon as further progress had been achieved and the steps referred to in paragraph 12 of resolution 1376 (2001) had been taken
S/RES/1399,
19 March 2002
By which the Council, among other things, condemned the resumption of fighting in the Moliro pocket and reminded RCD-Goma and all other parties that they must comply with their obligations with regard to the Ceasefire Agreement, the disengagement plan and relevant resolutions of the Security Council (para. 31)
   
2001  
S/RES/1376,
9 November 2001
By which the Council, among other things, affirmed that the implementation of phase III of the deployment of MONUC required a number of steps from the parties and requested the Secretary-General to report on progress thereon
S/RES/1355,
15 June 2001
By which the Council, among other things, noted that the ceasefire among the parties to the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement had been respected, and reiterated its call on all parties to Agreement to implement this agreement (para. 1); decided to extend the mandate of MONUC until 15 June 2002 (para. 29); and approved the updated concept of operations put forward by the Secretary-General in paragraphs 84 to 104 of his report of 8 June 2001 (para. 31)
S/RES/1341,
22 February 2001
By which the Council, among other things, demanded that the parties begin disengaging and that the signatories to the Lusaka Agreement adopt plans for the complete withdrawal of all foreign troops, and endorsed proposals put forward by the Secretary-General in his report of 12 February
   
2000  
S/RES/1332,
14 December 2000
By which the Council extended the mandate of MONUC until 15 June 2001
S/RES/1323,
13 October 2000
By which the Council extended the mandate of MONUC until 15 December 2000
S/RES/1316,
23 August 2000
By which the Council, among other things, decided to extend the mandate of MONUC until 15 October 2000 to allow time for further diplomatic activities and for Council reflection on the future mandate of MONUC
S/RES/1304,
16 June 2000
By which the Council, among other things, called on all parties to cease hostilities throughout the territory
S/RES/1291,
24 February 2000
By which the Council authorized the expansion of MONUC
   
1999  
S/RES/1279,
30 November 1999
By which the Council decided that personnel authorized under its previous resolutions would constitute the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
S/RES/1273,
5 November 1999
By which the Council extended the mandate of the UN liaison personnelv
S/RES/1258,
6 August 1999
By which the Council welcomed the Ceasefire Agreement and authorized the deployment of UN liaison personnel
S/RES/1234,
9 April 1999
By which the Council called for the immediate signing of a ceasefire agreement
   

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