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This is a list of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1501 to 1600 adopted between 26 August 2003 and 4 May 2005.
| Resolution | Date | Vote | Concerns |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1501 | 26 August 2003 | 15–0–0 | Authorises multinational force in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to assist the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 1502 | 26 August 2003 | 15–0–0 | Protection of United Nations and humanitarian personnel in conflict zones |
| 1503 | 28 August 2003 | 15–0–0 | Splits prosecutorial duties for the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia |
| 1504 | 4 September 2003 | 15–0–0 | Appoints Carla Del Ponte as Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
| 1505 | 4 September 2003 | 15–0–0 | Appoints Hassan Bubacar Jallow as Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
| 1506 | 12 September 2003 | 13–0–2 (abstentions: France, United States) | Lifts sanctions against Libya |
| 1507 | 12 September 2003 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea |
| 1508 | 19 September 2003 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone |
| 1509 | 19 September 2003 | 15–0–0 | Establishes the United Nations Mission in Liberia |
| 1510 | 13 October 2003 | 15–0–0 | Expands and extends the mandate of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan |
| 1511 | 16 October 2003 | 15–0–0 | Authorises multinational force in Iraq to contribute towards security |
| 1512 | 27 October 2003 | 15–0–0 | Increases number of temporary judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
| 1513 | 28 October 2003 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara |
| 1514 | 13 November 2003 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission in Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1515 | 19 November 2003 | 15–0–0 | Endorses Road map for peace proposed by the Middle East Quartet in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
| 1516 | 20 November 2003 | 15–0–0 | Condemns bombings in Istanbul, Turkey |
| 1517 | 24 November 2003 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus |
| 1518 | 24 November 2003 | 15–0–0 | Establishes Committee to track financial assets removed from Iraq by persons connected to Saddam Hussein |
| 1519 | 16 December 2003 | 15–0–0 | Establishes monitoring group investigating violations of arms embargo against Somalia |
| 1520 | 22 December 2003 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force |
| 1521 | 22 December 2003 | 15–0–0 | Renews international sanctions against Liberia; establishes Committee |
| 1522 | 15 January 2004 | 15–0–0 | Integration and restructuring of armed forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 1523 | 30 January 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara |
| 1524 | 30 January 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia |
| 1525 | 30 January 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon |
| 1526 | 30 January 2004 | 15–0–0 | Tightens sanctions against Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and other groups |
| 1527 | 4 February 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission in Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1528 | 27 February 2004 | 15–0–0 | Establishes the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1529 | 29 February 2004 | 15–0–0 | Deploys international force to Haiti following a 2004 Haitian coup d'état |
| 1530 | 11 March 2004 | 15–0–0 | Condemns bombings in Madrid, Spain |
| 1531 | 12 March 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea |
| 1532 | 12 March 2004 | 15–0–0 | Freezes assets of Liberian President Charles Taylor and associates |
| 1533 | 12 March 2004 | 15–0–0 | Strengthens arms embargo against armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 1534 | 26 March 2004 | 15–0–0 | Calls on the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia to complete trials by 2008 |
| 1535 | 26 March 2004 | 15–0–0 | Restructures the Counter-Terrorism Committee |
| 1536 | 26 March 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan |
| 1537 | 30 March 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone |
| 1538 | 21 April 2004 | 15–0–0 | Inquiry into management of the Iraqi Oil-for-Food Programme |
| 1539 | 22 April 2004 | 15–0–0 | Condemns recruitment of child soldiers; calls for monitoring of their use |
| 1540 | 28 April 2004 | 15–0–0 | Calls on states to prevent proliferation of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons |
| 1541 | 29 April 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara |
| 1542 | 30 April 2004 | 15–0–0 | Establishes the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti |
| 1543 | 14 May 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor |
| 1544 | 19 May 2004 | 14–0–1 (abstention: United States) | Calls upon Israel to cease demolishing Palestinian homes |
| 1545 | 21 May 2004 | 15–0–0 | Establishes the United Nations Operation in Burundi |
| 1546 | 8 June 2004 | 15–0–0 | Endorses the interim government in Iraq |
| 1547 | 11 June 2004 | 15–0–0 | Establishes the United Nations Advance Mission in the Sudan |
| 1548 | 11 June 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus |
| 1549 | 17 June 2004 | 15–0–0 | Re-establishes panel monitoring Liberia sanctions |
| 1550 | 29 June 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force |
| 1551 | 9 July 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1552 | 27 July 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends arms embargo against the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 1553 | 29 July 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon |
| 1554 | 29 July 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia |
| 1555 | 29 July 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| 1556 | 30 July 2004 | 13–0–2 (abstentions: China, Pakistan) | Demands Sudan disarm Janjaweed militia in Darfur |
| 1557 | 12 August 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq |
| 1558 | 17 August 2004 | 15–0–0 | Re-establishes group monitoring arms embargo against Somalia |
| 1559 | 2 September 2004 | 9–0–6 (abstentions: Algeria, Brazil, China, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia) | Supports elections in Lebanon; calls for withdrawal of foreign forces |
| 1560 | 14 September 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea |
| 1561 | 17 September 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia |
| 1562 | 17 September 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone |
| 1563 | 17 September 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends authorisation of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan |
| 1564 | 18 September 2004 | 11–0–4 (abstentions: Algeria, China, Pakistan, Russia) | Threatens sanctions against Sudan; establishes inquiry investigating human rights violations in Darfur |
| 1565 | 1 October 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends and strengthens the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| 1566 | 8 October 2004 | 15–0–0 | International co-operation against terrorism |
| 1567 | 14 October 2004 | 15–0–0 | Nominations for judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
| 1568 | 22 October 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus |
| 1569 | 26 October 2004 | 15–0–0 | Decides to hold two-day meeting on the War in Darfur in Nairobi, Kenya |
| 1570 | 28 October 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara |
| 1571 | 4 November 2004 | Adopted without vote | Election and vacancy at the International Court of Justice |
| 1572 | 15 November 2004 | 15–0–0 | Imposes sanctions on Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1573 | 16 November 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor |
| 1574 | 19 November 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Advance Mission in the Sudan; Comprehensive Peace Agreement |
| 1575 | 22 November 2004 | 15–0–0 | Conclusion of the Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina; role of EUFOR Althea |
| 1576 | 29 November 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti |
| 1577 | 1 December 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Operation in Burundi |
| 1578 | 15 December 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force |
| 1579 | 21 December 2004 | 15–0–0 | Renews sanctions against Liberia; re-establishes expert panel monitoring sanctions |
| 1580 | 22 December 2004 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau |
| 1581 | 18 January 2005 | 15–0–0 | Extends terms of office of temporary judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
| 1582 | 28 January 2005 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia |
| 1583 | 28 January 2005 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon; condemns violence along the Blue Line |
| 1584 | 1 February 2005 | 15–0–0 | Strengthens arms embargo against Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1585 | 10 March 2005 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Advance Mission in the Sudan |
| 1586 | 14 March 2005 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea |
| 1587 | 15 March 2005 | 15–0–0 | Re-establishes panel monitoring arms embargo against Somalia |
| 1588 | 17 March 2005 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Advance Mission in the Sudan |
| 1589 | 24 March 2005 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan |
| 1590 | 24 March 2005 | 15–0–0 | Establishes the United Nations Mission in Sudan |
| 1591 | 27 March 2005 | 12–0–3 (abstentions: Algeria, China, Russia) | Imposes sanctions against parties "impeding peace process" in Darfur |
| 1592 | 30 March 2005 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 1593 | 31 March 2005 | 11–0-4 (abstentions: Algeria, Brazil, China, United States) | Refers War in Darfur to the International Criminal Court |
| 1594 | 4 April 2005 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire |
| 1595 | 7 April 2005 | 15–0–0 | Establishes international investigation concerning the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri |
| 1596 | 18 April 2005 | 15–0–0 | Widens arms embargo against the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 1597 | 20 April 2005 | 15–0–0 | Enables temporary judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to be re-elected |
| 1598 | 28 April 2005 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara |
| 1599 | 28 April 2005 | 15–0–0 | Establishes the United Nations Office in East Timor |
| 1600 | 4 May 2005 | 15–0–0 | Extends mandate of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire |
