United Nations Security Council Resolution 1621

UN Security Council Resolution 1621
Protesters in the capital Kinshasa against the delay in holding elections
Date	6 September 2005
Meeting no.	5,255
Code	S/RES/1621 (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	Algeria  Argentina  Benin  Brazil  Denmark  Greece  Japan  Philippines  Romania  Tanzania
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United Nations Security Council resolution 1621, adopted unanimously on 6 September 2005, after recalling all previous resolutions on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including resolutions 1565 (2004) and 1592 (2005), the Council authorised the temporary increase in the strength of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) to assist with upcoming elections.^[1]

The additional personnel joined the then-largest United Nations peacekeeping operation, totalling 19,000 personnel.^[2]