United Nations Security Council Resolution 1653

UN Security Council
Resolution 1653
UN Security Council; Resolution 1653
	Colonial-era map of the Great Lakes region
Date	27 January 2006
Meeting no.	5,359
Code	S/RES/1653 (Document)
Subject	The situation in the African Great Lakes region
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	Argentina; Rep. of the Congo; Denmark; Ghana; Greece; Japan; Peru; Qatar; Slovakia; Tanzania;
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1653, adopted unanimously on January 27, 2006, after recalling previous resolutions concerning the situations in the African Great Lakes region, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi, particularly resolutions 1625 (2005), 1631 (2005), 1649 (2005) and 1650 (2005), the Council addressed the stability of the Great Lakes region in Africa.

Foreign ministers from more than 10 countries participated in the Security Council discussion prior to the vote.