Number: | 1703 |
Organ: | SC |
Date: | 18 August |
Year: | 2006 |
Meeting: | 5,514 |
Code: | S/RES/1703 |
Document: | https://undocs.org/S/RES/1703(2006) |
For: | 15 |
Abstention: | 0 |
Against: | 0 |
Subject: | The situation in East Timor |
Result: | Adopted |
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1703, adopted unanimously on August 18, 2006, after reaffirming previous resolutions on East Timor (Timor-Leste), particularly resolutions 1599 (2005), 1677 (2006) and 1690 (2006), the Council renewed the mandate of the United Nations Office in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL) until August 25, 2006.[1]
The technical resolution was adopted to allow more time for discussions on a new peacekeeping mission, which would later become known as the United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor, adopted in Resolution 1704 (2006).