United Nations Security Council resolution 1620, adopted unanimously on 31 August 2005, after recalling all previous
resolutions on the situation in
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...
, the council established the
United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) for an initial period of twelve months beginning on 1 January 2006, to replace the
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) was a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone from 1999 to 2006. It was created by the United Nations Security Council in October 1999 to help with the implementation of the Lomà ...
(UNAMSIL).
Resolution
Observations
In the preamble of the resolution, the council began by welcoming the recommendation of the
Secretary-General
Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derived ...
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan (; 8 April 193818 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founde ...
to establish an integrated office as a follow-on to UNAMSIL from the end of 2005. It emphasised the importance of a smooth transition between UNAMSIL and the integrated office, and of continued support from the
international community for the long-term development of Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the work of the
Special Court for Sierra Leone
The Special Court for Sierra Leone, or the "Special Court" (SCSL), also called the Sierra Leone Tribunal, was a judicial body set up by the government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations to "prosecute persons who bear the greatest responsibil ...
and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was praised.
Acts
The security council established UNIOSIL with a
mandate to assist the
Sierra Leonean government in capacity building, human rights, the
electoral process
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...
, enhancing
good governance
Good governance is the process of measuring how public institutions conduct public affairs and manage public resources and guarantee the realization of human rights in a manner essentially free of abuse and corruption and with due regard for th ...
, strengthening the
rule of law, promoting peace and dialogue, strengthening the security sector and the well-being of the population. The integrated office would also assist with the security situation, co-ordinate with other United Nations missions in West Africa and with the Special Court.
Meanwhile, the government was reminded that it had to consolidate peace and security in the country.
The resolution emphasised the importance of co-ordination between the integrated office and other international organisations and agencies. UNIOSOL would be headed by an executive representative of the secretary-general, while Kofi Annan was asked to continue planning for the protection of the special court.
See also
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(2005–2006)
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Sierra Leone Civil War
The Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002), or the Sierra Leonean Civil War, was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), with support from the special forces of Liberian dictator Char ...
References
External links
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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