S/PV.5221 Security Council

As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of July, I should like to take the opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to His Excellency Mr. Jean-Marc de La Sablière, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, for his service as President of the Security Council for the month of June 2005. I am sure that I speak for all members of the Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador de La Sablière for the great diplomatic skill with which he conducted the Council’s business last month. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. The situation in Côte d’Ivoire

I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Côte d’Ivoire in which he requests to be invited to participate in the consideration 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 Security Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. After 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 taken note with interest of the Declaration on the implementation of the Pretoria Agreement on the peace process in Côte d’Ivoire signed on 29 June 2005 in Pretoria under the auspices of the African Union Mediator, President Thabo Mbeki. “The Security Council welcomes the efforts undertaken by the African Union Mediation so that the forthcoming elections in Côte d’Ivoire are credible and held as planned, and reiterates its full support to the African Union Mediator. “The Security Council recalls that it has endorsed the Pretoria Agreement signed on 6 April 2005. “The Security Council demands that all the signatories to this Agreement and all the Ivorian parties concerned implement fully and without delay all the commitments made before the African Union Mediation and comply scrupulously with the timetable agreed on 29 June 2005 in Pretoria. “The Security Council affirms that it stands ready, in close consultation with the African Union Mediation, to implement individual sanctions provided for in paragraphs 9 and 11 of resolution 1572 (2004) against those who do not comply with these commitments or constitute an obstacle to their full implementation.” This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2005/28. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda.