Resolution 1771 (2007) / adopted by the Security Council at its 5730th meeting, on 10 August 2007

Security Council resolution 1771 (2007) [on renewal of measures on arms embargo against the Democratic Republic of the Congo imposed by paragraph 20 of resolution 1493 as amended and expanded by paragraph 1 of resolution 1596]

Decides to renew until 15 Feb. 2008 the measures on arms imposed by paragraph 20 of resolution 1493 as amended and expanded by paragraph 1 of resolution 1596; decides further that the measures referred to in paragraph 1 above shall not apply to technical training and assistance agreed to by the Government and intended solely for support of units of the army and police of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that are in the process of their integration in the provinces of North and South Kivu and the Ituri district; decides to renew, for the period specified in paragraph 1 above, the measures on transport imposed by paragraphs 6, 7 and 10 of resolution 1596; decides that, no later than 15 Feb. 2008, it shall review the measures set forth in paragraphs 1, 5 and 6 above, with a view to adjusting them, as appropriate, in the light of consolidation of the security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in particular progress in security sector reform including the integration of the armed forces and the reform of the national police, and in disarming, demobilizing, resettling or repatriating, as appropriate, and reintegrating Congolese and foreign armed groups.

Adopted unanimously, 5730th meeting

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Issued in: Resolutions and decisions of the Security Council, 1 August 2007-31 July 2008 - S/INF/63 - (SCOR, 62nd year).