Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council commended the role of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union in Côte d'Ivoire. It noted that the term of incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo was to end and that presidential elections could not take place due to the situation, thus his term could continue, but for no more than twelve months, and all peace agreements had to be implemented.[2] However, more than a year later, Gbagbo remained in power.