S/PV.3539 Security Council

I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Tajikistan in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council’s agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided.

The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Tajikistan, document S/1995/390. I should like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to document S/1995/337, which contains the text of a letter dated 27 April 1995 from the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General. 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 has considered the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Tajikistan of 12 May 1995 (S/1995/390). “The Security Council welcomes the Joint Statement of the delegation of the Government of “The Security Council commends the efforts of the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, the Russian Federation as a host country and all observer countries which significantly contributed to the positive outcome of the high-level inter-Tajik consultations held in Moscow from 19 to 26 April 1995. “The Security Council is concerned over the actions of both sides in the past three months, which posed obstacles to the peace process, as noted in the report of the Secretary-General. The Council stresses the urgent need for the Tajik parties to resolve the conflict and to confirm, by taking concrete steps, their commitment to achieve national reconciliation in the country exclusively through peaceful political means on the basis of mutual concessions and compromises. In this context, it welcomes the agreement by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and the leader of the Islamic Revival Movement of Tajikistan to hold a meeting, which took place in Kabul on 17-19 May 1995. “The Security Council notes with concern the recent inactivity of the Joint Commission and is therefore encouraged by the parties’ decision to strengthen the Commission and its mechanism for monitoring the Cease-Fire Agreement of 17 September 1994 (S/1994/1102, annex I). It welcomes the commitments by some Member States to the voluntary fund for contributions established by the Secretary-General in accordance with its resolution 968 (1995), and reiterates its encouragement to other Member States to contribute. “The Security Council calls upon the parties to agree on a substantial extension of the Cease-Fire Agreement of 17 September 1994 and to achieve substantive progress during the fourth round of inter- “The Security Council notes the observation of the Secretary-General contained in his report of 12 May 1995 that grounds exist for continuing United Nations efforts and maintaining the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan and recalls its view that extension of the cease-fire is necessary for this.” This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/1995/28. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda.