United Nations Security Council Resolution 1497

UN Security Council
Resolution 1497
UN Security Council; Resolution 1497
	Liberia in the African Union
Date	1 August 2003
Meeting no.	4,803
Code	S/RES/1497 (Document)
Subject	The situation in Liberia
Voting summary	12 voted for; None voted against; 3 abstained;
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China; France; Russia; United Kingdom; United States;
Non-permanent members	Angola; Bulgaria; Chile; Cameroon; Germany; Guinea; Mexico; Pakistan; Spain; Syria;

United Nations Security Council resolution 1497, adopted on 1 August 2003, after expressing concern at the situation in Liberia, the Council authorised a multinational force to intervene in the civil war to support the implementation of a ceasefire agreement using "all necessary measures".^[1]

The resolution was adopted by 12 votes to none against and three abstentions from France, Germany and Mexico; the three countries supported the intervention but were opposed to demands from the United States in the resolution that exempted soldiers from countries not party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from its jurisdiction.^[2]

^ "Security Council authorises multinational force to support ceasefire in Liberia". United Nations. 1 August 2003.
^ Abass, Ademola (1 January 2005). "The Competence of the Security Council to Terminate the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court". Texas International Law Journal.

[un-1] "Security Council authorises multinational force to support ceasefire in Liberia". United Nations. 1 August 2003.

[2] Abass, Ademola (1 January 2005). "The Competence of the Security Council to Terminate the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court". Texas International Law Journal.

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