Security Council Resolution 1626 (2005) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Mission in Liberia (Unmil)]

S/RES/1626(2005)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 89 The situation in Liberia, published in 2005.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 2004–2010

This is an older version — the most recent is S/RES/1938(2010)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2010	S/RES/1938(2010)	Security Council resolution 1938 (2010) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)]	1,276	52%Compare
2009	S/RES/1885(2009)	Security Council resolution 1885 (2009) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)]	1,229	24%Compare
2008	S/RES/1836(2008)	Security Council resolution 1836 (2008) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)]	1,089	45%Compare
2007	S/RES/1777(2007)	Security Council resolution 1777 (2007) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)]	700	48%Compare
2007	S/RES/1750(2007)	Security Council resolution 1750 (2007) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)]	641	26%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

5 reports · 2004–2011

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2011	S/2011/497	Twenty-third progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Liberia	S/RES/1938(2010)
2011	S/2011/72	Twenty-second progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Liberia	S/RES/1938(2010)
2005	S/2005/764	Ninth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Liberia	S/RES/1626(2005)
2005	S/2005/560	Eighth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Liberia	S/RES/1561(2004)
2004	S/2004/972	Fifth progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Liberia	S/RES/1561(2004)

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Decides that the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) shall be extended until 31 March 2006;

Calls on all Liberian parties to demonstrate their full commitment to a democratic process of government by ensuring that the upcoming presidential and legislative elections are peaceful, transparent, free and fair;

Calls on the international community to respond to continuing needs for resources for the rehabilitation and reintegration of ex-combatants and for security sector reform;

Looks forward to the implementation of GEMAP by the NTGL and succeeding governments of Liberia in collaboration with their international partners, and requests the Secretary-General to include information on the progress of this implementation in his regular reports on UNMIL;

Authorizes UNMIL, subject to the consent of the troop-contributing countries concerned and the Government of Sierra Leone, to deploy from November 2005 up to 250 United Nations military personnel to Sierra Leone to provide security for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, as recommended in paragraphs 90 to 94 of the Secretary-General’s report of 1 September 2005 (S/2005/560);

Authorizes a temporary increase in UNMIL’s personnel ceiling, to a total of 15,250 United Nations military personnel, for the period from 15 November 2005 to 31 March 2006 in order to ensure that the support provided to the Court does not reduce UNMIL’s capabilities in Liberia during its political transition period;

Further authorizes UNMIL, subject to the consent of troop-contributing countries concerned and of the Government of Sierra Leone, to deploy an adequate number of military personnel to Sierra Leone, if and when needed, to evacuate UNMIL military personnel deployed to Sierra Leone pursuant to paragraph 5 of this resolution and officials of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in the event of a serious security crisis affecting those personnel and the Court;

Requests the United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL), once established, to assist in providing logistic support for UNMIL military personnel deployed to Sierra Leone pursuant to this resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General and the Government of Sierra Leone to conclude an agreement regarding the status of military personnel of UNMIL deployed to Sierra Leone pursuant to this resolution, taking into account General Assembly resolution 59/47 on the scope of legal protection under the Convention on the Safety and Security of United Nations and Associated Personnel, and decides that, pending the conclusion of such an agreement, the model status-of-forces agreement dated 9 October 1990 (A/45/594) shall apply provisionally;

Supports the Secretary-General’s recommendation to return to the ceiling of United Nations military personnel authorized in resolution 1509 (2003) by 31 March 2006;

Encourages the United Nations missions in the region, within their capabilities and areas of deployment and without prejudice to their mandates, to continue their efforts towards enhancing intermission cooperation, especially with regard to the prevention of cross-border movement of arms, combatants and the illicit exploitation of natural resources and in the implementation of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes;

Welcomes the efforts undertaken by UNMIL to implement the Secretary-General’s zero tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse and to ensure full compliance of its personnel with the United Nations code of conduct, and requests the Secretary-General to take all necessary action in this regard and to keep the Security Council informed, and urges troop-contributing countries to take appropriate preventive action, including the conduct of predeployment awareness training, and to take disciplinary action and other action to ensure that allegations of sexual exploitation or abuse against their personnel are properly investigated and, if substantiated, punished;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide recommendations on a drawdown plan for UNMIL, including specific benchmarks and a tentative schedule, in his March 2006 report;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to keep the Council regularly informed on UNMIL’s progress with the implementation of its mandate;

Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

Security Council Resolution 1626 (2005) [on Extension of the Mandate of the Un Mission in Liberia (Unmil)]

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