S/RES/2706(2023) SC
Security Council resolution 2706 (2023) [on renewal of the authorization of the European Union-led Multinational Stabilization Force (EUFOR ALTHEA) in Bosnia and Herzegovina for a period of 12 months]
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| Draft symbol | S/2023/816 |
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| Adopted symbol | S/RES/2706(2023) |
| Category | POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS |
| Sponsors (1) |
The Security Council
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| UN Document | S/RES/2706(2023) ↗ |
Vote Recorded Vote — S/PV.9466
Speeches following this vote (20)
The President
In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite His Excellency Mr. Olof Skoog, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, to participate in this meeting.
I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements.
First of all, allow me to join you, Mr. President, in congratulating the Brazilian delegation on its outstanding work during the month of October, as well as to congratulate you and your team on assuming the presidency. We assure you of our full support.
Switzerland welcomes the Security Council’s unanimous vote on resolution 2706 (2023), which renews the authorization for the European Union Mil…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on China’s presidency of the Security Council for the month of November, and I pledge the full support of Gabon. I also congratulate Brazil for its remarkable presidency of the Council during the month of October.
The Dayton Agreement remains the ideal framework and the best guarantee to enable Bosnia and
Herzegovina to overcome the challenges of its recent hi…
Let me first congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency. I also wish to congratulate the delegation of Brazil for its successful presidency. I also want to thank the Chairman of the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Komšić, for participating in today’s meeting.
The United States welcomes the Security Council’s unanimous reauthorization of the European Union Mil…
I welcome the participation in this meeting of the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Komšić.
France believes that the international presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina remains essential to the stability of the country and the region, in accordance with the framework provided for by the Dayton Peace Accords. Since 2004, the European Union has played a fundamental role in en…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on China’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We wish China another successful term in leading our work, and you can count on my delegation’s support in that regard. I would also like to express my sincere appreciation to our colleagues from the delegation of Brazil, and to congratulate them on their…
Mozambique wishes to warmly congratulate China on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for November. We assure you, Mr. President, of our full support and cooperation. We thank Brazil for its excellent leadership during its presidency of the Council in October.
We welcome the convening of this important debate on the implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate China and its team on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council during the month of November. I would like to reiterate our delegation’s support in working with you, Mr. President, and wish you, Sir, every success. I would also like to once again repeat our appreciation for the work undertaken by the delegation of Brazil over the course o…
We welcome the beginning of Chinese presidency of the Security Council, and wish your delegation, Mr. President, every success. We also thank the delegation of Brazil for its stewardship of the Council during the very challenging month of October.
We welcome the participation in today’s meeting of the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Željko Komšić.
The developments in B…
At the outset, I would also like to join others in expressing our heartfelt appreciation and congratulating the Brazilian delegation on their dedicated and successful work in the challenging month of October. I would also like to congratulate China on the successful assumption of the November presidency. Japan assures the Chinese delegation of its full support.
We are pleased that the Security C…
Let me join others in congratulating China on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of November and wishing them the best. I also thank Brazil for its excellent stewardship during the month of October.
We welcome the unanimous adoption today of resolution 2706 (2023), renewing the mandate of European Union Military Operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR-Althea), and I join oth…
I congratulate you, Mr. President, on China’s assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of November. We wish you success and equally express appreciation to Brazil for its earnest leadership of the Council last month.
I acknowledge the presence of the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We also acknowledge the significant strides his country is making from the a…
Let me join others in congratulating you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Council for the month of November and in assuring you of our support. We warmly congratulate Brazil and its team on a remarkable presidency during the past month and their outstanding efforts in steering the Council in a most challenging time. We welcome the presence of the Chairman of the Presidency of Bos…
Let me first thank you, Mr. President, and the members of the Security Council for the kind words addressed to my country and my delegation on our recently concluded presidency. I would also like to congratulate you and the delegation of China on your assumption of the presidency of the Council and assure you of my delegation’s full
support and engagement. I recognize the presence in this meetin…
I start by congratulating you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council, and I thank Brazil and the entire team for their work in the previous month.
Malta welcomes the renewal of the mandate of the European Union Military Operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and we thank Switzerland for its efforts as penholder in ensuring a smooth process. We recognize the importance o…
The President
I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of China.
I would like to welcome to today’s meeting His Excellency Mr. Željko Komšić, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the representatives of Serbia, Croatia and the European Union.
China’s position on Bosnia and Herzegovina is consistent and clear. We respect its sovereignty, independence and ter…
At the outset, I would like to express my respects and congratulations to the President of the Security Council, as well as my satisfaction with the extension of the mandate of the European Union Military Operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The occasion for my address today refers to the events of the latest six-month period as presented in the report of the Office of the High Representative, w…
The President
I now give the floor to Mr. Skoog.
Mr. Skoog: I would like to congratulate you and your country, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We also greatly appreciate the way Brazil handled the Council’s presidency in the month of October.
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU) and its 27 member States. The candidate countries Türk…
I would first like to convey my full congratulations to our great friends from the People’s Republic of China on assuming the presidency of the Security Council, and to Brazil for its great leadership of the Council in the month of October. I wanted to mention that in particular because we have had some different examples of Council presidencies — like in September, when Albania totally misused t…
Draft resolution text UNBench dataset (Liang et al.) ↗
The Security Council,
Determining that the situation in the region of the Former Yugoslavia continues to constitute a threat to international peace and security,
Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
1. Authorizes the Member States acting through or in cooperation with the EU to establish for a further period of twelve months, starting from the date of the adoption of this resolution, a multinational stabilization force (EUFOR ALTHEA) as a legal successor to SFOR under unified command and control, which will fulfil its missions in relation to the implementation of Annex 1-A and Annex 2 of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the annexes thereto (collectively the Peace Agreement, S/1995/999, Annex) in cooperation with the NATO Headquarters presence in accordance with the arrangements agreed between NATO and the EU as communicated to the Security Council in their letters of 19 November 2004, which recognize that EUFOR ALTHEA will have the main peace stabilization role under the military aspects of the Peace Agreement;
2. Decides to renew the authorization provided by paragraph 11 of its resolution 2183 (2014) for a further period of twelve months starting from the date of adoption of this resolution;
3. Authorizes the Member States acting under paragraphs 1 and 2 above to take all necessary measures to effect the implementation of and to ensure compliance with annexes 1-A and 2 of the Peace Agreement, stresses that the parties shall continue to be held equally responsible for the compliance with that annex and shall be equally subject to such enforcement action by EUFOR ALTHEA and the NATO presence as may be necessary to ensure implementation of those annexes and the protection of EUFOR ALTHEA and the NATO presence;
4. Authorizes Member States to take all necessary measures, at the request of either EUFOR ALTHEA or the NATO Headquarters, in defence of the EUFOR ALTHEA or NATO presence respectively, and to assist both organizations in carrying out their missions, and recognizes the right of both EUFOR ALTHEA and the NATO presence to take all necessary measures to defend themselves from attack or threat of attack;
5. Authorizes the Member States acting under paragraphs 1 and 2 above, in accordance with annex 1-A of the Peace Agreement, to take all necessary measures to ensure compliance with the rules and procedures governing command and control.
of airspace over Bosnia and Herzegovina with respect to all civilian and military air traffic;
6. Decides to remain seized of the matter.
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Full text of resolution
United Nations S/RES/2706 (2023)
Security Council Distr.: General
2 November 2023
Resolution 2706 (2023)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 9466th meeting, on
2 November 2023
The Security Council,
Determining that the situation in the region of the Former Yugoslavia continues
to constitute a threat to international peace and security,
Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
1. Authorizes the Member States acting through or in cooperation with the
EU to establish for a further period of twelve months, starting from the date of the
adoption of this resolution, a multinational stabilization force (EUFOR ALTHEA) as
a legal successor to SFOR under unified command and control, which will fulf il its
missions in relation to the implementation of Annex 1-A and Annex 2 of the General
Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the annexes thereto
(collectively the Peace Agreement, S/1995/999, Annex) in cooperation with the
NATO Headquarters presence in accordance with the arrangements agreed between
NATO and the EU as communicated to the Security Council in their letters of
19 November 2004, which recognize that EUFOR ALTHEA will have the main peace
stabilization role under the military aspects of the Peace Agreement;
2. Decides to renew the authorization provided by paragraph 11 of its
resolution 2183 (2014) for a further period of twelve months starting from the date of
adoption of this resolution;
3. Authorizes the Member States acting under paragraphs 1 and 2 above to
take all necessary measures to effect the implementation of and to ensure compliance
with annexes 1-A and 2 of the Peace Agreement, stresses that the parties shall
continue to be held equally responsible for the compliance with that annex and shall
be equally subject to such enforcement action by E UFOR ALTHEA and the NATO
presence as may be necessary to ensure implementation of those annexes and the
protection of EUFOR ALTHEA and the NATO presence;
4. Authorizes Member States to take all necessary measures, at the request of
either EUFOR ALTHEA or the NATO Headquarters, in defence of the EUFOR
ALTHEA or NATO presence respectively, and to assist both organizations in carrying
out their missions, and recognizes the right of both EUFOR ALTHEA and the NATO
presence to take all necessary measures to defend themselves from attack or threat of
attack;
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5. Authorizes the Member States acting under paragraphs 1 and 2 above, in
accordance with annex 1-A of the Peace Agreement, to take all necessary measures
to ensure compliance with the rules and procedures go verning command and control
of airspace over Bosnia and Herzegovina with respect to all civilian and military air
traffic;
6. Decides to remain seized of the matter.
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