Security Council resolution 1603 (2005) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and of the French forces which support it]

Endorses the Pretoria Agreement and demands that all the signatories to the agreement and all the Ivorian parties concerned implement it fully and without delay; demands that all the Ivorian parties take all necessary steps to ensure that the forthcoming general elections are free, fair and transparent; requests the Secretary-General, on the basis of the Pretoria Agreement, to designate, as an exceptional arrangement, after consultations with the African Union and President Thabo Mbeki, a High Representative for the elections in Côte d'Ivoire (the High Representative), autonomous from the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), to assist in particular in the work of the Independent Electoral Commission and of the Constitutional Council, without prejudice to the responsibilities of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General; decides that the mandate of UNOCI and of the French forces which support it shall be extended until 24 June 2005, with a view to renew it, in this specific instance, for a period of 7 months.

Adopted unanimously, 5194th meeting

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Issued in: Resolutions and decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2004-31 July 2005 - S/INF/60 - (SCOR, 60th year).