United Nations Security Council Resolution 656

UN Security Council
Resolution 656
UN Security Council; Resolution 656
	Central America
Date	8 June 1990
Meeting no.	2,927
Code	S/RES/656 (Document)
Subject	Central America
Voting summary	15 voted for; None voted against; None abstained;
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China; France; United Kingdom; United States; Soviet Union;
Non-permanent members	Canada; Colombia; Cuba; Ethiopia; Finland; Ivory Coast; Malaysia; Romania; Yemen; Zaire;

United Nations Security Council resolution 656, adopted unanimously on 8 June 1990, after recalling Resolution 654 (1990) and reviewing a report by the Secretary-General, the council decided to extend the tasks of monitoring the ceasefire, demobilising and separating the Contras and other forces of the resistance in Nicaragua until 29 June 1990.

The resolution urged all parties involved to maintain and increase the speed of demobilisation so that it could be completed by 29 June 1990. It also requested the Secretary-General to report back to the council by this date. Reporting back on 29 June, the Secretary-General informed the council that demobilisation had been completed the day before, and that the United Nations Observer Group in Central America had helped in the conflict in Nicaragua.^[1]

^ United Nations: Department of Political Affairs (1989). Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council: Supplement 1989–1992. United Nations Publications. p. 368. ISBN 978-92-1-137030-0.

[1] United Nations: Department of Political Affairs (1989). Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council: Supplement 1989–1992. United Nations Publications. p. 368. ISBN 978-92-1-137030-0.

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