S/PV.5372 Security Council

I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of the Haiti, 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 Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. Members of the Council have before them document S/2006/60, which contains the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. Members of the Council also have before them document S/2006/97, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council’s prior consultations. I should like to inform members that changes have been made to the fourth preambular paragraph of the draft resolution. Accordingly, the fourth preambular paragraph reads as follows: “Welcoming the progress achieved thus far in Haiti’s political process and urging all Haitians to continue to participate in it and to accept peacefully its outcome”. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution, as orally revised. Unless I hear any 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, as orally revised, has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1658 (2006). The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council will remain seized of the matter.