Security Council resolution 1219 (1998) [on the crash of UN flight 806 and disappearance of other aircraft over territory in Angola controlled by União Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA)]
[The crash of UN flight 806 and disappearance of other aircraft over territory in Angola controlled by UNITA]

Expresses its deep concern regarding the fate of the passengers and crew of UN flight 806 and deplores the incomprehensible lack of cooperation in clarifying the circumstances of this tragedy and in permitting the prompt dispatch of a UN search and rescue mission; demands that the leader of the Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA) immediately respond to the appeals from UN and guarantee the security and access necessary for, and assist in, the search for and rescue of possible survivors of the above-mentioned incidents in territory controlled by UNITA and calls upon the Government of Angola to cooperate as appropriate in fulfilment of its expressed commitment to do so; expresses its serious concern at the increase in incidents involving the disapperance of aircraft reportedly over territory controlled by UNITA; condemns the lack of effective actions to determine the fate of the crews and passengers of the aircraft referred to in paragraph 3 above, calls for an immediate and objective international investigation of these incidents and calls upon all concerned, especially UNITA, to facilitate such an investigation.

Adopted unanimously, 3962nd meeting

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Concerns the crash of UN flight 806 and disappearance of other aircraft over territory in Angola controlled by União Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA).