The President I thank Mr. Doss for his valuable briefing.

I invite Mr. Doss to take a seat at the Council table.

Algeria would like also to thank Mr. Alan Doss for his presentation.

The President I thank Mr. Doss for the clarifications he has provided.

Mr. Doss I do not think that I have many comments to make.

1.15 p.m. Mr. Alan Doss, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Liberia

Many thanks go also to Mr. Alan Doss for the clarity of his briefing.

The President I give the floor to Mr. Alan Doss to respond to comments, if he so wishes.

Members of the Council, Mr. Doss and representatives of participating troop contributing countries had a constructive exchange of views.

Members of the Council, Mr. Doss and representatives of participating troop contributing countries had a constructive exchange of views.

The Secretary General has described it in great detail in his recent report, which Mr. Doss introduced earlier this afternoon.

We also appreciate the efforts by Mr. Alan Doss, Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, and his briefing.

Mr. Mahiga (United Republic of Tanzania) I thank Mr. Alan Doss for presenting the latest report of the Secretary General.

We also thank Alan Doss for presenting the report of the Secretary General (S 2005 186) and for his work in Côte d'Ivoire.

At this meeting, the Security Council will first hear a briefing by Mr. Alan Doss, Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for Côte d'Ivoire.

We also thank the Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. Alan Doss, for his informative briefing. We welcome the presence of the Secretary General.

My Special Representative, Alan Doss, the ECOWAS mediator, regional leaders and other international representatives in Monrovia conveyed similar messages to the two candidates, which helped to reduce tensions.

The report of the Secretary General also refers to initiatives by Ivorian radio and television authorities that could compromise UNOCI's radio broadcasting a point also raised by Mr. Doss.

Mr. De La Sablière (France) (spoke in French) I too would like to thank Mr. Alan Doss for the briefing he has just given us regarding the situation in Côte d'Ivoire.

We appreciate the efforts being made by Mr. Pahad and Mr. Doss to resolve the crisis in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, and we thank them for their contributions to this meeting.

We thank Mr. Alan Doss for introducing the report of the Secretary General (S 2005 186), and we welcome Mr. Aziz Pahad, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa, and his delegation.

Sir Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom) I wish to extend my thanks to Alan Doss for his briefing and for the report of the Secretary General (S 2005 186), whose presence among us at this meeting is particularly welcome.

The Security Council and the troop contributing countries to the United Nations Mission in Liberia heard a briefing under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure by Mr. Alan Doss, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Liberia.

The Security Council and the troop contributing countries to the United Nations Mission in Liberia heard a briefing under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure by Mr. Alan Doss, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Liberia.

We welcome the comprehensive briefing made by Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad, and we thank Mr. Alan Doss, Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for Côte d'Ivoire, for introducing the report of the Secretary General (S 2005 186).

I should like to take this opportunity to commend Mr. Doss, Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, and the United Nations and French peacekeepers for their unwavering efforts in spite of the very difficult current situation on the ground.

In my national capacity, I, too, wish to thank Mr. Alan Doss for presenting the report of the Secretary General (S 2005 186), and I take this opportunity to welcome the participation of the Secretary General in this important meeting of the Security Council.

I would like to thank the Secretary General for his presence today, as well as for his fourth progress report on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire, introduced by his Principal Deputy Special Representative, Mr. Alan Doss, to whom I also pay tribute.

I would also like to thank Mr. Doss for having introduced the report of the Secretary General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) (S 2005 186) and to congratulate him on his outstanding efforts as Interim Special Representative of the Secretary General in recent months.

The President In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Alan Doss, Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for Côte d'Ivoire.

Also, I should like to express my gratitude to the Secretary General for his presence today and for the useful written report (S 2005 186) to the Council, as well as to the Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. Alan Doss, for his lucid and enlightening briefing on the most recent events in Côte d'Ivoire.

Mr. Doss (spoke in French) Since the presentation to the Council of the third progress report (S 2004 962) of the Secretary General on the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), dated 9 December 2004, the peace process in Côte d'Ivoire has not made any significant progress, and continues to suffer from the reverberations of the events of November 2004.