United Nations Security Council resolution 1080, adopted unanimously on 15 November 1996, after reaffirming Resolution 1078 (1996) on the situation in the African Great Lakes region, the Council, acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, established a multinational humanitarian force in eastern Zaire. The Security Council recognised that it urgently needed to address the situation in eastern Zaire. There was an urgent need for a conference on peace, security and development in the Great Lakes region under the auspices of the United Nations and Organisation of African Unity.