Security Council resolution 1007 (1995) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Haiti and on the process of national reconciliation in Haiti]

Commends the people of Haiti for their peaceful participation in the 1st round of municipal and legislative elections and calls upon the Government and political parties in Haiti to work together to ensure that the remaining municipal and legislative elections and the presidential elections to be held at the end of this year are conducted in an orderly, peaceful, free and fair manner, in accordance with the Haitian Constitution; expresses its deep concern with irregularities observed in the 1st round of municipal and legislative elections and urges all parties to the process to pursue every effort to ensure that such problems are corrected in future balloting; calls upon the Secretaries-General of UN and OAS to continue to render all appropriate assistance to the Haitian electoral process; reaffirms the importance of a fully functioning, national police force of adequate size and structure to the consolidation of democracy and revitalization of Haiti's system of justice; decides to extend the mandate of UNMIH for a period of 7 months, and looks forward to the conclusion of UNMIH's mandate at that time and to the safe, secure and orderly assumption of office by a new, constitutionally elected government; requests the Secretary-General to apprise the Council of progress in the fulfilment of UNMIH's mandate and, to this end, also requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council at the mid-point of this mandate.

Adopted unanimously, 3559th meeting

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Concerns extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Haiti and the process of national reconciliation in Haiti.