United Nations Security Council Resolution 1136
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Security Council Resolution
1136, adopted unanimously on November 6, 1997, after recalling Resolution 1125
(1997) regarding the situation in the Central African Republic
, the Council authorised the continuation of the Inter-African Mission to Monitor the Implementation of the Bangui Agreements (MISAB) mission in the country for a further three months.
The MISAB monitoring mission of African countries was commended by the Security Council for its contributions towards stabilising the Central African Republic. It stressed for the need of all the parties to the Bangui Agreements to implement them fully.
Under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
, countries participating in MISAB were authorised to ensure the security and freedom of movement of their personnel for a further three months. The Secretary-General Kofi Annan
was asked to establish a fund in which Member States could financially contribute to MISAB. Within three months, he was also instructed to report to the Council on the implementation of the current resolution and recommendations for further international assistance to the Central African Republic.
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1136, adopted unanimously on November 6, 1997, after recalling Resolution 1125
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1125
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1125, adopted unanimously on August 6, 1997, after expressing concern at the situation facing the Central African Republic, the Council authorised the continuation of the Inter-African Mission to Monitor the Implementation of the Bangui Agreements ...
(1997) regarding the situation in the Central African Republic
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...
, the Council authorised the continuation of the Inter-African Mission to Monitor the Implementation of the Bangui Agreements (MISAB) mission in the country for a further three months.
The MISAB monitoring mission of African countries was commended by the Security Council for its contributions towards stabilising the Central African Republic. It stressed for the need of all the parties to the Bangui Agreements to implement them fully.
Under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter sets out the UN Security Council's powers to maintain peace. It allows the Council to "determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression" and to take military and nonmilitary action to "restore international peace...
, countries participating in MISAB were authorised to ensure the security and freedom of movement of their personnel for a further three months. The Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006...
was asked to establish a fund in which Member States could financially contribute to MISAB. Within three months, he was also instructed to report to the Council on the implementation of the current resolution and recommendations for further international assistance to the Central African Republic.
See also
- History of the Central African RepublicHistory of the Central African Republic-Early history:The Central African Republic is believed to have been settled from at least the 7th century on by overlapping empires, including the Kanem-Bornu, Ouaddai, Baguirmi, and Dafour groups based on the Lake Chad region and along the Upper Nile...
- List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1101 to 1200 (1997 – 1998)