United Nations Security Council Resolution 1445

UN Security Council Resolution 1445
MONUC peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date	4 December 2002
Meeting no.	4,653
Code	S/RES/1445 (Document)
Subject	The situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Voting summary	15 voted for None voted against None abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  Russia  United Kingdom  United States
Non-permanent members	Bulgaria  Cameroon  Colombia  Guinea  Ireland  Mauritius  Mexico  Norway  Singapore  Syria
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United Nations Security Council resolution 1445 was adopted unanimously on 4 December 2002. After recalling all previous resolutions on situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the council expanded the military component of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) to a level of 8,700 military personnel–up from 4,250–in two task forces.^[1]

Secretary-General Kofi Annan was concerned that the authorised number of troops could not be provided.^[2] Meanwhile, the United States had attempted to introduce language into the resolution that would have prevented American peacekeepers (of which there were none in the Democratic Republic of the Congo) from indictment by the International Criminal Court. Other council members objected to its inclusion and the United States withdrew its demand.^[3]