United Nations Security Council resolution 1628, adopted unanimously on 30 September 2005, after recalling all previous resolutions on the situation in the

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, including resolutions

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(2004),

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(2005),

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(2005) and

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(2005), the Council extended the mandate of the

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(MONUC) for a period of one month. The Council reaffirmed its support for the

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and independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and extended the mandate of MONUC until 31 October 2005. The resolution was essentially technical in nature to allow the Council more time to discuss a one-year extension of the mission proposed by the

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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
{{UNSCR 2005 1628 2005 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1628 September 2005 events

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