Resolution 850 (1993) / adopted by the Security Council at its 3253rd meeting, on 9 July 1993.

Security Council resolution 850 (1993) [on implementation of the General Peace Agreement and formation of new armed forces in Mozambique]

Underlines the importance of the holding of the elections in Mozambique no later than Oct. 1994; urges the Government of Mozambique and RENAMO to begin, as a matter of urgency, the assembly and demobilization of their forces without waiting for all assembly areas to become operational; further urges RENAMO to dispatch without further delay its military personnel to the military centre in Nyanga (Zimbabwe) for training, together with military personnel of the Government of Mozambique, as the 1st elements of the new Mozambican Defence Force (FADM); approves the recommendation of the Secretary-General that ONUMOZ should chair the Joint Commission for the Formation of the Mozambican Defence Force (CCFADM); stresses the importance of the early establishment of the Commission of State Administration, and the application throughout the country of the provisions of the General Peace Agreement concerning public administration.

Adopted unanimously, 3253rd meeting

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Concerns implementation of the General Peace Agreement and formation of new armed forces in Mozambique.