At its 23rd meeting, on 12 May 2003, the Committee met with the four new members of the Panel, including its Chairman, after the Panel was re-established by Security Council resolution 1474 (2003) for six months, based in Nairobi, and mandated, inter alia, to investigate the violations of the arms embargo covering access to Somalia by land, air and sea, and to refine the recommendations provided in its report.
Le personnel de la COCOVINU est resté quelques jours à Larnaca pour parachever les rapports d'inspection et les documents de travail et mettre la dernière main aux inventaires. On a entamé les tâches administratives et logistiques associées au rapatriement du personnel et, dès la fin de mars 2003, la plus grande partie du personnel avait été rapatriée.