United Nations Security Council Resolution 1727

The resolution 1727 of the UN Security Council is a resolution on the situation in Côte d'Ivoire, the Council unanimously adopted on 15 December 2006 at its 5592nd meeting of the United Nations Security Council.

With the resolution of the Security Council extended the under Resolutions 1572 and 1643 the embargo imposed on so-called blood diamonds until 31 October 2007. Simultaneously, the Security Council extended the mandate of UNOCI by six months.

The Security Council referred to his previous relevant resolution on the situation in Ivory Coast, underlined its commitment to respect the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and unity and decided on the reports of the expert group for the Ivory Coast on 5 October 2006 (document S/2006 / 735 ) and 12 December 2006 ( document S/2006/964 ). At the same time, the Council expressed its concern that the crisis including the humanitarian situation and the large number of refugees and needy Medemblik and ruled that this situation poses a threat to the stability and peace in the region.

The Security Council, in which he was acting under Chapter VII of the UN Charter,

The report of the sanctions committee included the indication that the control mechanisms have to be checked, as a subversion of the peace process can be easily exploited to circumvent the sanctions.

Already on 10 January 2007, the Security Council adopted by the adoption of resolution 1739 before a modification of the mandate of UNOCI.