S/PV.5451 Security Council

As this is the first meeting of the Security Council for the month of June, I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Council, to His Excellency Mr. Basile Ikouebe, Permanent Representative of the Congo to the United Nations, for his service as President of the Security Council for the month of May 2006. I am sure I speak for all members of the Security Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador Ikouebe for the great diplomatic skill with which he conducted the Council’s business last month. Adoption of the agenda

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 consideration of the item, 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/2006/222, which contains the eighth report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire. Members of the Council also have before them document S/2006/357, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council’s prior consultations. I wish to draw the attention of the members of the Council to document S/2006/334, which contains the text of a letter dated 25 May 2006 from the Secretary- General addressed to the President of the Security Council, and to document S/2006/345, which contains the text of a letter dated 22 May 2006 from the President of the Security Council addressed to the Secretary-General. It is my understanding that the Security Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution (S/2006/357) before it. If I hear no objection, I shall now put the draft resolution to the vote. There being no objection, it is so decided.

There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1682 (2006). 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.