Resolution 1221 (1999) / adopted by the Security Council at its 3965th meeting, on 12 January 1999

Security Council resolution 1221 (1999) [on the downing of 2 UN-chartered aircraft and disappearance of other aircraft over territory in Angola controlled by Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA)]
[The downing of 2 UN-chartered aircraft and disappearance of other aircraft over territory in Angola controlled by UNITA]

Condemns the downing of the 2 aircraft chartered by UN, deplores the loss under suspicious circumstances of other commercial aircraft, and demands that all such attacks cease immediately; concludes that the leader of UNITA, Mr. Jonas Savimbi, has not complied with the demands contained in its resolution 1219 (1998) of 31 Dec. 1998; requests the International Civil Aviation Organization to provide all possible support to the investigation of those incidents; stresses the obligation of Member States to comply with the measures imposed against UNITA contained in resolutions 864 (1993) of 15 Sept. 1993, 1127 (1997) of 28 Aug. 1997 and 1173 (1998) of 12 June 1998.

Adopted unanimously, 3965th meeting

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Concerns the downing of 2 UN-chartered aircraft and disappearance of other aircraft over territory in Angola controlled by União Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA).