S/PV.3098 Security Council

The PRESIDENT: The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Following consultations among members of the Security Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council deeply deplores the murder of a member of the United Nations Guards Contingent in Iraq on 16 July 1992 in the Governorate of Dohuk. It supports the Secretary-General's decision to order an immediate and thorough investigation of this appalling crime. Members of the Council wish to ezpress their sincere condolences to the family of the victim, Mr. Ravuama Dakia, and to the Government of Fiji. "The Security Council wishes to register its profound concern at the deteriorating security conditions affecting the safety and well-being of United Natious personnel in Iraq. The Council demands that attacks perpetrated against the United Nations Guards Contingent and other humanitarian personnel deployed in Iraq cease immediately and that maximum cooperation be extended by the authorities in the investigation of this crime, as well as in the protection of United Nations personnel." The Security Council has thus concluded the present staye of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The meeting rose at 5.15 p.m.