United Nations Security Council Resolution 1643 – Côte d’Ivoire

Resolution 1643 (2005)

The Security Council,

Recalling its previous resolutions and statements of its President relating to the situation in Côte d’Ivoire,

Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and unity of Côte d’Ivoire, and recalling the importance of the principles of good neighbourliness, non-interference and regional cooperation,

Recalling that it endorsed the Agreement signed by the Ivorian political forcesin Linas-Marcoussis on 24 January 2003 (S/2003/99) (the Linas-MarcoussisAgreement) approved by the Conference of Heads of State on Côte d’Ivoire, held inParis on 25 and 26 January 2003, the Agreement signed in Accra on 30 July 2004(the Accra III Agreement) and the Agreement signed in Pretoria on 6 April 2005(the Pretoria Agreement), as well as the decision of the Peace and Security Councilof the African Union on the situation in Côte d’Ivoire adopted at its 40th meeting at the level of Heads of State and Government held on 6 October 2005 in Addis Ababa(S/2005/639),

Commending the efforts of the Secretary-General, the African Union, inparticular President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, Chair of the African Union, andPresident Thabo Mbeki of the Republic of South Africa, Mediator of the African Union, President Mamadou Tandja of Niger, Chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the leaders of the region, to promote peace and stability in Côte d’Ivoire, and reiterating its full support for them,

Recalling the final communiqué of the International Working Group of8 November 2005, which stated in particular that the fundamental basis of the peaceand national reconciliation process is enshrined in resolution 1633 (2005), andrecalling also its final communiqué of 6 December 2005,

Recalling strongly the obligations of all Ivorian parties, the Government ofCôte d’Ivoire as well as the Forces nouvelles, to refrain from any violence, in particular against civilians including foreign citizens, and to cooperate fully with theactivities of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI),

Expressing its serious concern at the persistence of the crisis in Côte d’Ivoireand of obstacles to the peace and national reconciliation process from all sides,

Reiterating its firm condemnation of all violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, including the use of child soldiers, in Côte d’Ivoire,

Taking note of the final communiqué of the Kimberley Process PlenaryMeeting held in Moscow from 15 to 17 November 2005 and of the resolutionadopted by Kimberley Process participants at that meeting setting out concretemeasures to prevent the introduction of diamonds from Côte d’Ivoire into the legitimate diamond trade, and recognizing the linkage between the illegal exploitation of natural resources such as diamonds, illicit trade in such resources,and the proliferation and trafficking of arms and the recruitment and use of mercenaries as one of the sources of fuelling and exacerbating conflicts in WestAfrica,

Taking note also of the report of the United Nations Panel of Experts on Côted’Ivoire dated 7 November 2005 (S/2005/699),

Determining that the situation in Côte d’Ivoire continues to pose a threat tointernational peace and security in the region,

Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,

1. Decides to renew until 15 December 2006 the provisions of paragraphs 7to 12 of resolution 1572 (2004);

2. Reaffirms paragraphs 4 and 6 of resolution 1572 (2004), paragraph 5 ofresolution 1584 (2005), and paragraphs 3, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 21 ofresolution 1633 (2005), reaffirms also paragraph 8 of resolution 1584 (2005), and, inthis regard, demands that the Forces nouvelles establish without delay acomprehensive list of armaments in their possession, in accordance with theirobligations;

3. Reaffirms its readiness to impose the individual measures provided for inparagraphs 9 and 11 of resolution 1572 (2004), including against any persondesignated by the Committee established by paragraph 14 of resolution 1572 whoblocks the implementation of the peace process as enshrined in resolution 1633(2005) and in the final communiqué of the International Working Group, who isdetermined responsible for serious violations of human rights and internationalhumanitarian law committed in Côte d’Ivoire since 19 September 2002, who incitespublicly hatred and violence, and who is determined to be in violation of the arms embargo;

4. Decides that any serious obstacle to the freedom of movement of UNOCIand of the French forces which support it, or any attack or obstruction to the actionof UNOCI, of the French forces, of the High Representative for the elections and ofthe International Working Group constitutes a threat to the peace and nationalreconciliation process for purposes of paragraphs 9 and 11 of resolution 1572(2004);

5. Requests the Secretary-General and the French Government to report to itimmediately, through the Security Council Committee established by paragraph 14of resolution 1572 (2004) (the Committee), of any serious obstacle to the freedom ofmovement of UNOCI and of the French forces which support it, including the names of those responsible, and requests also the High Representative for theelections and the International Working Group to report to it immediately, throughthe Committee, any attack or obstruction to their action;

6. Decides that all States shall take the necessary measures to prevent theimport of all rough diamonds from Côte d’Ivoire to their territory, welcomes themeasures agreed by participants in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme tothis effect, and calls upon the States in the region which are not participants in theKimberley Process to intensify their efforts to join the Kimberley Process in order toincrease the effectiveness of monitoring the import of diamonds from Côte d’Ivoire;

7. Requests all States concerned, in particular those in the region, to reportto the Committee, within 90 days from the date of adoption of this resolution, on theactions they have taken to implement the measures imposed by paragraphs 7, 9 and11 of resolution 1572 (2004) and by paragraphs 4 and 6 above, and authorizes theCommittee to request whatever further information it may consider necessary;

8. Decides that at the end of the period mentioned in paragraph 1 above, theSecurity Council shall review the measures imposed by paragraphs 7, 9 and 11 ofresolution 1572 (2004) and by paragraphs 4 and 6 above, in the light of progressaccomplished in the peace and national reconciliation process in Côte d’Ivoire, andexpresses its readiness to consider the modification or termination of these measuresbefore the aforesaid period only if the provisions of resolution 1633 (2005) havebeen fully implemented;

9. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Committee, tore-establish, within 30 days from the date of adoption of this resolution and for aperiod of 6 months, a group of experts consisting of no more than five members (theGroup of Experts), with the appropriate range of expertise, in particular on arms,diamonds, finance, customs, civil aviation and any other relevant expertise, toperform the following mandate:

(a) To exchange information with UNOCI and the French forces in thecontext of their monitoring mandate set out in paragraphs 2 and 12 of resolution1609 (2005),

(b) To gather and analyse all relevant information in Côte d’Ivoire andelsewhere, in cooperation with the governments of those countries, on flows of armsand related materiel, on provision of assistance, advice or training related to militaryactivities, on networks operating in violation of the measures imposed by paragraph7 of resolution 1572 (2004), and on the sources of financing, including from theexploitation of natural resources in Côte d’Ivoire, for purchases of arms and relatedmateriel and activities,

(c) To consider and recommend, where appropriate, ways of improving the capabilities of States, in particular those in the region, to ensure the effective implementation of the measures imposed by paragraph 7 of resolution 1572 (2004)and by paragraph 6 above,

(d) To seek further information regarding the action taken by States with aview to implementing effectively the measures imposed by paragraph 6 above,

(e) To report to the Security Council in writing within 90 days from itsestablishment, through the Committee, on the implementation of the measures imposed by paragraph 7 of resolution 1572 (2004) and paragraph 6 above, withrecommendations in this regard,

(f) To keep the Committee regularly updated on its activities,

(g) To provide the Committee in its reports with evidence of any violationsof the measures imposed by paragraph 7 of resolution 1572 (2004) and paragraph 6above,

(h) To cooperate with other relevant groups of experts, in particular that established on Liberia by resolutions 1521 of 22 December 2003 and 1579 of21 December 2004,

(i) To monitor the implementation of the individual measures set out inparagraphs 9 and 11 of resolution 1572 (2004);

10. Requests the Secretary-General to communicate as appropriate to theSecurity Council, through the Committee, information gathered by UNOCI and,when possible, reviewed by the Group of Experts, about the supply of arms and related materiel to Côte d’Ivoire and about the production and illicit export of diamonds;

11. Requests also the French Government to communicate as appropriate tothe Security Council, through the Committee, information gathered by the Frenchforces and, when possible, reviewed by the Group of Experts, about the supply ofarms and related materiel to Côte d’Ivoire and about the production and illicit exportof diamonds;

12. Requests also the Kimberley Process to communicate as appropriate to the Security Council, through the Committee, information and, when possible,reviewed by the Group of Experts, about the production and illicit export ofdiamonds;

13 Urges all States, relevant United Nations bodies and other organizationsand interested parties, including the Kimberley Process, to cooperate fully with theCommittee, the Group of Experts, UNOCI and the French forces, in particular bysupplying any information at their disposal on possible violations of the measuresimposed by paragraphs 7, 9 and 11 of resolution 1572 (2004) and by paragraphs 4and 6 above;

14. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.

Adopted by the Security Council at its 5327th meeting,on 15 December 2005.