Security Council President Addresses Meeting on Guinea-Bissau
Thomas Mayr-Harting (right), Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for November, addresses the Council's meeting on Guinea-Bissau and the work of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in that country. Mr. Mayr-Harting read a statement in which he welcomed the recent, peaceful election of President Malam Bacai Sanhá and urged the country's armed forces "to ensure that their commitment to abide by the civilian authorities and respect the constitutional order is fully honored".