S/PV.5650 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/2007/175, which contains the text of a draft resolution prepared in the course of the Council’s prior consultations. It is my understanding that the Council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. Unless I hear any objection, I shall now put the draft resolution to the vote now. There being no objection, it is so decided. A vote was taken by show of hands. In favour: Belgium, China, Congo, France, Ghana, Indonesia, Italy, Panama, Peru, Qatar, Russian Federation, Slovakia, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America

There were 15 votes in favour. The draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 1749 (2007).

It is a great pleasure for Indonesia, as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994), concerning Rwanda, to welcome the adoption of resolution 1749 (2007). The adoption of that resolution is a follow-up to the Committee’s recommendation on the need to terminate the measures imposed by paragraph 11 of resolution 1011 (1995), which required that States that export arms or related materiel destined for use by the Government of Rwanda notify the Committee of such shipments. It also reflects the acknowledgement of the Council of the positive developments in Rwanda and the Great Lakes region. I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to the members of the Council and their experts for their constructive contributions. I also wish to thank the Secretariat and the Committee’s Secretary for their invaluable support.

The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda.