United Nations Security Council Resolution 1628

United Nations Security Council resolution 1628, adopted unanimously on 30 September 2005, after recalling all previous resolutions on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including resolutions 1565 (2004), 1592 (2005), 1596 (2005) and 1621 (2005), the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) for a period of one month.[1]

UN Security Council Resolution 1628
MONUC medal bar
Date	30 September 2005
Meeting no.	5,272
Code	S/RES/1628 (Document)
Subject	The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Voting summary	15 voted for None voted against None abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  Russia  United Kingdom  United States
Non-permanent members	Algeria  Argentina  Benin  Brazil  Denmark  Greece  Japan  Philippines  Romania  Tanzania

The Council reaffirmed its support for the sovereignty, territorial integrity 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 Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

See also

• Kivu conflict
• Ituri conflict
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1601 to 1700 (2005–2006)
• Second Congo War

References

1. "Security Council extends mission in Democratic Republic of Congo for one month". United Nations. 30 September 2005.

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1628 at Wikisource
• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org