ATTACHMENT C
LETTER DATED 4 MAY 1999 FROM THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECURITY
COUNCIL RESOLUTION 864 (1993) CONCERNING THE SITUATION IN ANGOLA
ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCILI
have the honour to transmit herewith the text of a conceptual
framework for the expert studies to be undertaken to trace violations
in arms trafficking, oil supplies and the diamond trade, as well
as the movement of UNITA funds. The commissioning of these expert
studies was one of the proposals contained in the Committee's
report of 12 February 1999 to the Security Council (S/1999/147)
for improving implementation of the measures imposed on UNITA.
The framework for the expert studies was approved by members of
the Committee.
Robert R. Fowler
Chairman
Security Council Committee established pursuant to
resolution 864 (1993) concerning the situation in Angola.
ANNEX PROPOSED EXPERT STUDIES:
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK1. In its
report of 12 February 1999 (S/1999/147) the Security Council Committee
established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993) concerning Angola
proposed that expert studies be commissioned, pursuant to the
Secretary-General's recommendation, to trace violations in arms
trafficking, oil supplies and the diamond trade, as well as the
movement of União Nacional para a Independência Total
de Angola (UNITA) funds. The recommendations contained in the
report were endorsed by the Security Council in its resolution
1229 (1999) of 26 February 1999.2. The Chairman of the Committee
recommends that the proposed expert studies be conducted in two
parts, concurrently or sequentially:
(a) One expert panel, on the sources of revenue,
funding and petroleum supplies of UNITA, would focus on the resources
that enable UNITA to operate and would encompass violations of
sanctions on the direct or indirect export of diamonds by UNITA,
the sale or supply of petroleum and petroleum products to UNITA
and the provision or movement of funds and financial resources
to UNITA.(b) The other expert panel, on the sources of military
support to UNITA, would study violations of Council-imposed sanctions
on the sale or supply to UNITA of arms and related materiél
and military assistance, including mercenaries.The expert panels
would have a mandate to collect information on the sources and
methods of violations of the relevant Council sanctions against
UNITA and to recommend measures to end those violations and to
improve the implementation of the sanctions. The precise mandate
would be set out in an enabling resolution of the Security Council.
3. The panels would operate concurrently, if the
resources at the Committee's disposal permitted. If sufficient
resources were not available, the expert panel on the sources
of revenue, funding and petroleum supplies of UNITA could be established
in the first instance, the establishment of the second panel being
deferred until additional resources had been secured. This would
ensure that the studies could be initiated at the earliest possible
opportunity.4. Each panel would have a mandate of six months duration.
The mandate would be renewable, upon the recommendation of the
Committee and the decision of the Council.5. The expert pane1
on the sources of revenue, funding and petroleum supplies of UNITA
would include up to six members. That on the sources of military
support to UNITA would include up to four members. Members would
be selected on the basis of expertise, due regard also being given
to balance of representation.6. The Chairman of the Committee
established pursuant to Security Council resolution 864 (1993)
would provide oversight of the expert studies. The panels would
be under the day-to-day management of a Chairman of appropriate
rank and stature. If necessary, a Vice-Chairman would be appointed
to assist the panel Chairman in the day-to-day management of one
of the two panels. The panel Chairman and Vice-Chairman would
be named by the Chairman of the Committee in consultation with
the Committee. The Chairman of the Committee would regularly inform
the Committee of the progress of the panels.7. One of the Committee's
two Vice-Chairmen would be associated with each panel in an ex
officio capacity, as an additional source of diplomatic advice.
The Permanent Representative of Argentina would be associated
with the expert panel on the sources of revenue, funding and petroleum
supplies of UNITA. The Permanent Representative of Malaysia would
be associated with the expert panel on the sources of military
support to UNITA. such association would have the incidental advantage
of ensuring that any relevant information obtained in the course
of the expert panels' work could be brought to the attention of
the Committee established pursuant to Security Council resolution
918 (1994) concerning Rwanda, chaired by Ambassador Hasmy (Malaysia),
and the Committee established pursuant to Security Council resolution
1132 (1997) concerning Sierra Leone, chaired by Ambassador Petrella
(Argentina).8. The secretariat would be responsible for handling
the administrative and personnel needs of the panel members. An
assistant, responsible to the panel Chairman, would be appointed
by the Secretariat to provide administrative support to the two
panels and the panel members on a day-to-day basis. The panels
would, in addition, draw on the substantive expertise of the Secretariat9.
The expert panels would be established by means of a resolution
of the Security Council.10. The expert panels would be supported
as an expense of the Organisation and through a United Nations
trust fund established for this purpose.
UN Security Council
4 May 1999
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