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UN Security Council
Resolution 1197 |
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| Date: | 18 September 1998 |
| Meeting no.: | 3,928 |
| Code: | S/RES/1197 (Document) |
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| Vote: | For: 15 Abs.: 0 Against: 0 |
| Subject: | The situation in Africa |
| Result: | Adopted |
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| Security Council composition in 1998: | |
| permanent members: | |
| non-permanent members: | |
| BHR BRA CRC GAB GAM | |
| JPN KEN POR SLO SWE | |
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| Membership of the OAU | |
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1197, adopted unanimously on September 18, 1998, after reaffirming its primary responsibility to maintain international peace and security, the Council addressed co-operation efforts with the Organisation of African Unity (OAU).[1]
The Security Council considered the recommendations in a report by the Secretary-General Kofi Annan on "The causes of conflict and the promotion of sustainable peace and development in Africa" regarding the need for the United Nations to provide support and assistance to regional and subregional organisations in the area of conflict prevention.[2] It recalled the provisions of Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter to this effect.
The Secretary-General was invited to assist the OAU and African subregional organisations to establish logistics assessment teams and to determine the logistical and financial requirements of regional or subregional peacekeeping operations. He was also asked to further the development of a commonly accepted peacekeeping doctrine with Member States and share existing concepts of peacekeeping operations with the OAU and subregional organisations. They were also asked to establish logistics assessment teams. Partnerships between countries and regional organisations involved in peace operations were encouraged, and the Council welcomed a proposal by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to establish a "council of elders" within its "Mechanism for the Prevention, Management, Resolution of Conflict, Peacekeeping and Security" to facilitate mediation efforts and asked for preparations to be made towards its establishment.
In part II of the resolution, the Council endorsed the establishment of a United Nations Preventative Action Liaison Office in the OAU.[3] It encouraged the enhancement of consultation and co-ordination between the United Nations, the OAU and subregional organisations. Finally, the Secretary-General was invited to, and subsequently asked to implement the following measures:
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