UN Council to Hold Summit Meeting Sept. 7
August 6, 2000 - 0:0
UNITED NATIONS For only the second time in history, the leaders of the 15-member UN Security Council will meet for a summit, Council President Hasmy Agam of Malaysia said on Friday.
The topic of discussion for the Sept. 7 meeting will be "ensuring an effective role of the Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security, particularly in Africa." "The members of the Security Council believe that such a meeting will make a valuable contribution toward achieving the major purpose of the millennium summit aimed at strengthening the United Nations," Hasmy told reporters.
The summit will take place during this year's annual session of the 188-member General Assembly, dubbed the Millennium Assembly, which opens on Sept 5. It will include a three-day millennium summit, from Sept. 6 to 8, to be attended by the heads of state or government of most UN members.
The first Security Council summit was held on Jan. 31, 1992, presided over by then-British prime minister John Major.
It ended with the reading of a 1,800-word statement declaring the Cold War dead and endorsing what was intended to be an emerging new world order in which the United Nations would head off crises before they exploded.
The council asked then-secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali to prepare recommendations on ways to strengthen the world body's capacity "for preventive diplomacy, for peacemaking and for peacekeeping." The council comprises five permanent members the United States, Russia, Britain, China and France and 10 members who each serve two-year terms. They are currently: Argentina, Bangladesh, Canada, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mali, Namibia, Netherlands, Tunisia and Ukraine.
(Reuter)
The topic of discussion for the Sept. 7 meeting will be "ensuring an effective role of the Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security, particularly in Africa." "The members of the Security Council believe that such a meeting will make a valuable contribution toward achieving the major purpose of the millennium summit aimed at strengthening the United Nations," Hasmy told reporters.
The summit will take place during this year's annual session of the 188-member General Assembly, dubbed the Millennium Assembly, which opens on Sept 5. It will include a three-day millennium summit, from Sept. 6 to 8, to be attended by the heads of state or government of most UN members.
The first Security Council summit was held on Jan. 31, 1992, presided over by then-British prime minister John Major.
It ended with the reading of a 1,800-word statement declaring the Cold War dead and endorsing what was intended to be an emerging new world order in which the United Nations would head off crises before they exploded.
The council asked then-secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali to prepare recommendations on ways to strengthen the world body's capacity "for preventive diplomacy, for peacemaking and for peacekeeping." The council comprises five permanent members the United States, Russia, Britain, China and France and 10 members who each serve two-year terms. They are currently: Argentina, Bangladesh, Canada, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mali, Namibia, Netherlands, Tunisia and Ukraine.
(Reuter)