Resolution 1893 (2009) / adopted by the Security Council at its 6209th meeting, on 29 October 2009

Security Council resolution 1893 (2009) [on extension of measures imposed by Security Council resolutions 1572 (2004) and 1643 (2005) on sanctions against Côte d'Ivoire and extension of the mandate of the UN Group of Experts]

Decides to renew until 31 Oct. 2010 the measures on arms and the financial and travel measures imposed by paras. 7 to 12 of resolution 1572 (2004) and the measures preventing the importation by any State of all rough diamonds from Côte d'Ivoire imposed by para. 6 of resolution 1643 (2005); demands that the Ivorian parties to the Ouagadougou Political Agreement, in particular the Ivorian authorities, provide unhindered access particularly to the Group of Experts firstly established pursuant to para. 7 of resolution 1584 (2004), to equipment, sites and installations referred to in para. 2 (a) of resolution 1584 (2005), and to all weapons, ammunition and related materiel, regardless of location, when appropriate without notice and including those under the control of Republican Guard units, and demands further that they provide access under the same conditions to UNOCI in order to carry out its mandate and to the French forces which support it, as set out in its resolutions 1739 (2007) and 1880 (2009); decides to extend the mandate of the Group of Experts as set out in para. 7 of resolution 1727 (2006) until 31 Oct. 2010 and requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary administrative measures; decides that, the measures imposed by para. 6 of resolution 1643 (2005) shall not apply to an import that will be used solely for the purposes of scientific research and analysis to facilitate the development of specific technical information concerning Ivorian diamond production, provided the research is coordinated by the Kimberley Process, and approved on a case by case basis by the Committee; and decides that a request made in accordance with para. 16 shall be submitted to the Committee jointly by the Kimberley Process and the importing Member State, and decides further that where the Committee has approved an exemption pursuant to this para., the importing Member State shall notify the Committee of the results of the study and share the results, without delay, with the Group of Experts on Côte d'Ivoire to assist them in their investigations.

Adopted unanimously, 6209th meeting

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