S/PV.4012 Security Council

I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Sierra Leone, 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 themthe sixth report of the Secretary General on the United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone, document S/1999/645. Members of the Council also have beforet h e m document S/1999/664, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council’s prior consultations. I should like to draw the attention of members to the following documents: S/1999/585 and S/1999/656, letters dated 19 May and 7 June 1999, respectively, from the Permanent Representative of Togo addressed to the President of the Security Council; and S/1999/599, letter dated 24 May 1999 from the Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso addressed to the President of the Security Council. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution (S/1999/664) There being no objection, it is so decided.

There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1245 (1999). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Security Council will remain seized of the matter.