United Nations Security Council Resolution 653

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.

UN Security Council Resolution 653
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	China  France  United Kingdom  United States  Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Canada  Colombia  Cuba  Ethiopia  Finland  Ivory Coast  Malaysia  Romania  South Yemen  Zaire

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.

See also

• History of Central America
• History of Nicaragua
• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 601 to 700 (1987–1991)

References

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

External links

• Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 653 at Wikisource
• Text of the Resolution at undocs.org