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Resolution 653
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Central America
Date 20 April 1990
Meeting no. 2,919
Code S/RES/653 (Document)
Subject Central America
Voting summary
15 voted for
None voted against
None abstained
Result Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members
  • Flag of the People's Republic of China China
  • Flag of France France
  • Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
  • Flag of the United States United States
  • Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Non-permanent members
  • Flag of Canada Canada
  • Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire
  • Flag of Colombia Colombia
  • Flag of Cuba Cuba
  • Flag of Ethiopia (1987–1991) Ethiopia
  • Flag of Finland Finland
  • Flag of Malaysia Malaysia
  • Flag of Romania Romania
  • Flag of Yemen Yemen
  • Flag of Zaire Zaire

United Nations Security Council resolution 653, adopted unanimously on 20 April 1990, after recalling resolutions 644 (1989) and 650 (1990), the Council endorsed a report by the Secretary-General and authorised new additions to the mandate of the United Nations Observer Group in Central America.

The addition to the mandate, after discussions between the Government of Nicaragua and the Contras, included the proposal to create five "security zones" within Nicaragua within which the Contras would demobilise.[1]

It also requested the Secretary-General to report back to the Council before the end of the current mandate on 7 May 1990.

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References[]

  1. Frowein, Jochen, Abr; Wolfrum, Rüdiger (1998). Yearbook of United Nations Law 1998. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 245. ISBN 978-90-411-9665-1. 

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