The Security Council this evening authorized an increase in strength of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) by 186 police and 11 civilian personnel, to enable the Mission to monitor, restructure and retrain police in the Brcko area and to carry out its mandate under the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Council took that action when it unanimously adopted resolution 1103 (1997).

Acknowledging the importance of ensuring that the International Police Task Force (IPTF) maintain a sufficient presence throughout the country to carry out all its tasks related to the investigation of human rights abuses by local police, the Council decided to consider expeditiously the Secretary- General's recommendations that the Force be strengthened with an additional 120 police personnel.

The Council urged Member States to provide qualified police monitors and other forms of assistance to IPTF and called on all parties to the Peace Agreement to implement it and to fully cooperate with the IPTF.

The Council stressed the need for continued close coordination between the multinational Stabilization Force (SFOR) and the IPTF, in particular in the area of Brcko.

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S/PV.3760

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