The Security Council began by expressing its concern about recent developments in Guinea-Bissau, particularly a mutiny on 6 October 2004 which resulted in the deaths of Chief of General Staff, General Veríssimo Correia Seabra, and the armed forces spokesman, Colonel Domingos de Barros and had setback gains since legislative elections held in March 2004. It stated that such incidents highlighted the "fragility" of the transitional process ongoing in the country, and that such events undermined social and economic development and confidence of the international community.[2]