محضر جلسة مجلس الأمن 4930

United Nations S/PV.4930 Security Council Fifty-ninth year 4930th meeting Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 10 a.m. New York Provisional President: Members: Mr. De La Sablière . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Algeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pakistan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Russian Federation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . . . . . United States of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (France) Mr. Baali Mr. Gaspar Martins Mr. Adechi Mr. Sardenberg Mr. Muñoz Mr. Wang Guangya Mr. Pleuger Mr. Khalid Mr. Baja Mr. Dumitru Mr. Konuzin Ms. Menéndez Sir Emyr Jones Parry Mr. Negroponte Agenda The situation between Iraq and Kuwait Letter dated 18 March 2004 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2004/225) This record contains the text of speeches delivered in English and of the interpretation of speeches delivered in the other languages. The final text will be printed in the Official Records of the Security Council. Corrections should be submitted to the original languages only. They should be incorporated in a copy of the record and sent under the signature of a member of the delegation concerned to the Chief of the Verbatim Reporting Service, room C-154A. 04-28058 (E) S/PV.4930 The meeting was called to order at 10.15 a.m. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. The situation between Iraq and Kuwait Letter dated 18 March 2004 from the Secretary- General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2004/225) The President (spoke in French): 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 a letter dated 18 March 2004 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council, which is contained in document S/2004/225. 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 welcomes the Secretary-General’s letter dated l8 March and the exchange of letters with Dr. Bahr Al-Uloom, Interim President of the Iraqi Governing Council 2 for the month of March 2004, and Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III, Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority. “The Security Council also welcomes and strongly supports the Secretary-General’s decision to dispatch to Iraq his Special Adviser, Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, and his team, as well as an electoral assistance team, as soon as possible, in order to lend assistance and advice to the Iraqi people on the formation of an interim Iraqi Government to which sovereignty will be transferred on 30 June 2004, as well as on the preparations for direct elections to be held before the end of January 2005. “The Security Council calls on all parties in Iraq to cooperate fully with these United Nations teams, and welcomes the security and other support provided to them by the Iraqi Governing Council and the Coalition Provisional Authority.” This statement will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/PRST/2004/6. The Security Council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 10.20 a.m.