Resolution 1398 (2002) / adopted by the Security Council at its 4494th meeting, on 15 March 2002

Security Council resolution 1398 (2002) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)]

Decides to extend the mandate of UNMEE at the troop and military observer levels authorized by its resolution 1320 (2000) until 15 Sept. 2002; emphasizes the importance of ensuring expeditious implementation of the upcoming decision by the Boundary Commission while maintaining stability in all areas affected by the decision, and encourages the parties to consider further practical ways and means of conducting implementation-related consultations, possibly through appropriate strengthening of the Military Coordination Commission and/or other arrangement with the support of the guarantors, facilitators and witnesses of the Algiers Agreements; further emphasizes that in accordance with article 14 of the Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities, the security arrangements are to remain in effect, and that, accordingly, arrangements for the separation of forces, as achieved by the TSZ, will continue to be of key importance; urges Ethiopia to provide the UN Mine Action Coordination Centre with clarifications to the information already put forward, as promised in this regard.

Adopted unanimously, 4494th meeting

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Issued in: Resolutions and decisions of the Security Council, 1 January 2001-31 July 2002 - S/INF/57 - (SCOR, 57th year).