S/RES/1823 (2008)
Security Council Distr.: General
10 July 2008
08-41796 (E) 100708
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Resolution 1823 (2008)
Adopted by the Security Council at its 5931st meeting, on
10 July 2008
The Security Council,
Recalling its resolution 918 (1994), resolution 1005 (1995), resolution 1011
(1995), resolution 1013 (1995), resolution 1053 (1996), resolution 1161 (1998), and
resolution 1749 (2007),
Having considered the report of the Security Council Committee established
pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda of 31 December 2007
(S/2007/782) and the oral report of the Chairman of the Security Council Committee
established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda of 22 May 2008,
Stressing the importance of the cooperation of all States, in particular those in
the region, with the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution
1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo and with the Group
of Experts established by resolution 1533 (2004), while carrying out its mandate as
renewed by resolution 1807 (2008),
Stressing further the need for States in the region to ensure that arms and
related materiel delivered to them are not diverted to or used by illegal armed
groups,
Recalling the joint communiqué of the Government of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda signed in
Nairobi on 9 November 2007 and the outcome of the Conference for Peace, Security
and Development in North and South Kivu, held in Goma from 6 to 23 January
2008, which together represent a major step towards the restoration of lasting peace
and stability in the Great Lakes region, and looking forward to their full
implementation,
Welcoming the entry into force of the Pact on Security, Stability and
Development in the Great Lakes Region and stressing the importance of its full
implementation,
Reiterating its call upon the States of the region to deepen further their
cooperation with a view to consolidating peace in the region,
Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
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1. Decides to terminate the prohibitions imposed by paragraphs 9 and 10 of
resolution 1011 (1995);
2. Decides further to dissolve the Committee established pursuant to
resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda.