United Nations Security Council Resolution 650

United Nations Security Council resolution 650, adopted unanimously on 27 March 1990, after recalling resolutions 637 (1989) and 644 (1989), the Council endorsed the report by the Secretary-General and decided to authorise an enlargement of the United Nations Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA) in order to demobilise the Contras in Nicaragua.[1]

UN Security Council
Resolution 650
Central America
Date27 March 1990
Meeting no.2,913
CodeS/RES/650 (Document)
SubjectCentral America
Voting summary
  • 15 voted for
  • None voted against
  • None abstained
ResultAdopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members
Non-permanent members

The size of ONUCA was increased by an additional 800 personnel, including the addition of a Venezuelan combat battalion and security to oversee weapons disposal in Honduras.[2][3] It also permitted the addition of armed personnel to its numbers, and requested the Secretary-General keep the Council informed on the implementation of the resolution.

See also

References
  1. Sellers, Mortimer N. S. (1996). The New world order: sovereignty, human rights, and the self-determination of peoples. Berg Publishers. p. 286. ISBN 978-1-85973-064-5.
  2. Atkins, G. Pope (1997). Encyclopedia of the inter-American system. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-313-28600-1.
  3. Frowein, Jochen, Abr; Wolfrum, Rüdiger (1998). Yearbook of United Nations Law 1998. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 245. ISBN 978-90-411-9665-1.
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