The agreement signed in Linas-Marcoussis in January 2003 by the Ivorian parties was endorsed by the Council, and its provisions relating to the establishment of a government of national reconciliation and a monitoring committee. The Secretary-General Kofi Annan was requested to make recommendations on how the United Nations could support the implementation of the agreement. He had also intended to appoint a Special Representative for Côte d'Ivoire based in the former capital Abidjan.