Statement [made on behalf of the Security Council, at the 5281st meeting, 14 Oct. 2005, in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled "The situation in Côte d'Ivoire"

Appreciates the efforts of the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States, the leaders of the region, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the High Representative for the Elections to promote peace and stability in Côte d'Ivoire, and reiterates its full support for these efforts; endorses the decision of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union on the situation in Côte d'Ivoire adopted at its 40th meeting at the level of Heads of State and Government, expresses its intention to take rapidly all necessary measures to support as appropriate its implementation, in order to organize free, fair, open, transparent and credible elections as soon as possible and no later than 30 Oct. 2006; reaffirms that it endorsed the Linas-Marcoussis, Accra III and Pretoria Agreements and demands that all the Ivorian parties signatories to these Agreement, as well as all the Ivorian parties concerned, implement fully and without delay their commitments under those Agreements.

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