               United Nations                                                                    S/RES/1313 (2000)
               Security Council                                                Distr.: General
                                                                               4 August 2000




               Resolution 1313 (2000)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 4184th meeting, on
               4 August 2000

                    The Security Council,
                    Recalling all its previous resolutions and the statements of its President
               concerning the situation in Sierra Leone,
                    Condemning in the strongest terms the armed attacks against and detention of
               the personnel of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), and
               commending UNAMSIL and the Force Commander for the recent resolute action
               taken in response to the continuing threat towards the mission from the
               Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and other armed elements in Sierra Leone,
                    Having considered the reports of the Secretary-General of 19 May 2000
               (S/2000/455) and 31 July 2000 (S/2000/751),
                    1.    Decides to extend the mandate of UNAMSIL until 8 September 2000;
                     2.    Considers that the widespread and serious violations of the Lomé Peace
               Agreement (S/1999/777) by the RUF since early May 2000 constitute a breakdown
               of the prior generally permissive environment based on the Agreement and
               predicated on the cooperation of the parties, that until security conditions have been
               established allowing progress towards the peaceful resolution of the conflict in
               Sierra Leone there will continue to be a threat to UNAMSIL and the security of the
               state of Sierra Leone, and that in order to counter that threat, the structure,
               capability, resources and mandate of UNAMSIL require appropriate strengthening;
                    3.   Expresses its intention, in this context, taking into account the views of
               the Government of Sierra Leone, the Economic Community of West African States
               (ECOWAS) and the troop-contributing countries, to strengthen the mandate of
               UNAMSIL as established in its resolutions 1270 (1999) of 22 October 1999 and
               1289 (2000) of 7 February 2000 with the following priority tasks:
                    (a) To maintain the security of the Lungi and Freetown peninsulas, and their
               major approach routes;
                     (b) To deter and, where necessary, decisively counter the threat of RUF
               attack by responding robustly to any hostile actions or threat of imminent and direct
               use of force;



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                     (c) To deploy progressively in a coherent operational structure and in
               sufficient numbers and density at key strategic locations and main population
               centres and, in coordination with the Government of Sierra Leone to assist, through
               its presence and within the framework of its mandate, the efforts of the Government
               of Sierra Leone to extend state authority, restore law and order and further stabilize
               the situation progressively throughout the entire country, and, within its capabilities
               and areas of deployment, to afford protection to civilians under threat of imminent
               physical violence;
                    (d) To patrol actively on strategic lines of communication, specifically main
               access routes to the capital in order to dominate ground, ensure freedom of
               movement and facilitate the provision of humanitarian assistance;
                    (e) To assist in the promotion of the political process leading, inter alia, to a
               renewed disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme where possible;
                     4.   Considers that, in order to allow the restructuring of the force and
               provide the additional capability required for the achievement of the priority tasks
               set out in paragraph 3 above, the military component of UNAMSIL should be
               reinforced through accelerated troop rotations, as appropriate, and with, inter alia,
               further aviation and maritime assets, a strengthened force reserve, upgraded
               communications and specialist combat and logistic support assets;
                    5.    Recognizes that the RUF offensive against UNAMSIL since May 2000
               revealed serious inherent weaknesses in the mission’s structure, command and
               control and resources, as referred to in paragraph 54 of the report of the Secretary-General of 31 July 2000, reflecting findings of the United Nations Assessment
               Mission which visited Sierra Leone from 31 May to 8 June 2000, welcomes the
               recommendations made and action already taken to address these deficiencies, and
               requests the Secretary-General to take further urgent steps to implement these
               recommendations to improve the performance and capacity of the mission;
                    6.     Stresses that the successful achievement of the objectives of the mission,
               including the priority tasks set out in paragraph 3 above, will depend on the
               provision to UNAMSIL of fully equipped, complete units, with the required
               capabilities, effective command and control structure and capacity, a single chain of
               command, adequate resources and the commitment to implement the mandate of the
               mission in full as authorized by the Security Council;
                     7.    Requests the Secretary-General, after further consultations with troop
               contributing countries, to provide a further report to the Council as soon as possible
               on the proposals in paragraphs 2 to 6 above with recommendations for the
               restructuring and strengthening of UNAMSIL, and expresses its intention to take a
               decision on those recommendations expeditiously;
                    8.    Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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