S/PV.4771 Security Council

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 document S/2003/572, containing the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Cyprus. Members of the Council also have before them document S/2003/635, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council’s prior consultations. It is my understanding that the Security Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. I should like to inform the Council that, in my capacity as President of the Council, I have met the representatives of the parties, who have confirmed to me that they maintain their well-known positions vis-à- vis the item on the Council’s agenda. On the basis of those meetings, as President, with the consent of the members of the Council, I have drawn the conclusion that the Council can proceed to take a decision on the draft resolution before it. If I hear no objection, I shall put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided.

There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1486 (2003). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda.