The Security Council appreciated the efforts of the mission sent to convey the views of the Council to the Somali parties, and commended the work of thousands of personnel involved in the Unified Task Force (UNITAF), UNOSOM II and humanitarian efforts. It noted that hundreds of thousands of lives had been saved from starvation. At the same time the Council acknowledged that the lack of co-operation between the Somali parties and factions undermined the United Nations objectives in Somalia and therefore the continuation of UNOSOM II beyond the end of March 1995 was not justified.[2] There were guarantees from the Somali parties that they would co-operate and not interfere with the withdrawal of UNOSOM II.