Resolution 1168 (1998) / adopted by the Security Council at its 3883rd meeting, on 21 May 1998

Security Council resolution 1168 (1998) [on the strengthening of the International Police Task Force]
[Strengthening the International Police Task Force (IPTF)]

Decides to authorize an increase in the strength of IPTF by 30 posts, to a total authorized strength of 2,057; supports the improvements in the overall management of IPTF; stresses the importance of continued reforms in this area, and in this regard strongly encourages the Secretary-General to make further improvements to IPTF, in particular with regard to personnel management issues; encourages Member States to intensify their efforts to provide, on a voluntary funded basis and in coordination with IPTF, training, equipment and related assistance for local police forces; recognizes that establishing an indigenous public security capability is essential to strengthening the rule of law in Bosnia and Herzegovina, agrees to consider expeditiously an UNMIBH-led court monitoring programme as part of an overall programme of legal reform as outlined by the Office of the High Representative, and requests the Secretary-General to submit recommendations on the possibility of utilizing locally hired personnel as far as is practical and of voluntary funding.

Adopted unanimously, 3883rd meeting

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Concerns the strengthening of the International Police Task Force.