S/PV.3273 Security Council

As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of September, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on my own behalf and on behalf of the Council, to Her Excellency Ambassador Madeleine Korbel Albright, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, for her service as President of the Security Council for the month of August 1993. I am sure I speak for all members of the Security Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador Albright for the great diplomatic skill and unfailing courtesy with which she conducted the Council’s business last month. I would request the representative of the United States kindly to convey this tribute to Ambassador Albright. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA The agenda was adopted. THE SITUATION CONCERNING RWANDA

The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on the agenda. The Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Following consultations among members of the Council, I have been authorized to make the following statement on behalf of the Council: "The Security Council welcomes the peace agreement concluded by the Government of Rwanda and the Rwandese Patriotic Front at Arusha on 4 August 1993. The Council is aware of the hopes the Rwandese parties entertain that the international community will lend its assistance to the implementation of the agreement. It has also taken note of the importance they attach to 10 September 1993, the date that is to mark the establishment of transitional institutions. "The Security Council welcomes the decision by the Secretary-General to send a reconnaissance mission to Rwanda. The Council hopes to have the report of the Secretary-General based on the recommendations of the reconnaissance mission in the next few days so that it can consider the contribution the United Nations could make to facilitate the implementation of the Arusha peace agreements. "The Security Council urges the Government of Rwanda and the Rwandese Patriotic Front to continue to honour the Arusha agreements in accordance with their commitments. It further urges them to continue to cooperate with the Neutral Military Observer Group, whose mandate the Secretary- General of OAU has decided to extend on an interim basis." This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/26425. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on the agenda. The meeting rose at 4.50 p.m.