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DATE=12/23/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-243463
TITLE=U-N / ANGOLA VIOLENCE (L - ONLY)
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:   THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) 
EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT DETERIORATING HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS IN 
ANGOLA AND BLAMED THE UPSURGE IN VIOLENCE IN THAT COUNTRY ON 
OPPOSITION LEADER JONAS SAVIMBI.  V-O-A'S UNITED NATIONS 
CORRESPONDENT MAX RUSTON REPORTS.
TEXT:   THE COUNCIL ISSUED A STATEMENT CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE 
END TO HOSTILITIES IN ANGOLA.  IT BLAMED THE MAIN OPPOSITION 
GROUP, UNITA, FOR THE LATEST INCREASE IN VIOLENCE THERE, SAYING 
ITS LEADER JONAS SAVIMBI HAS FAILED TO CARRY OUT HIS PLEDGES TO 
DEMILITARIZE UNITA FORCES.  IT SAYS MR. SAVIMBI'S ACTIONS HAVE 
SERIOUSLY UNDERMINED THE 1994 LUSAKA PEACE ACCORD, WHICH WAS 
INTENDED TO END MORE THAN TWO DECADES OF CIVIL WAR IN ANGOLA.
THE STATEMENT IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF MESSAGES FROM THE 
COUNCIL CRITICIZING MR. SAVIMBI AND CALLING FOR AN END TO 
FIGHTING.
SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT JASSIM MOHAMMED BUALLAY, SPEAKING 
THROUGH AN INTERPRETER,  READ THE STATEMENT ALOUD.
                 /// BUALLAY INTERPRETER ACT ///
         THE SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS THAT UNITA COMPLY 
         IMMEDIATELY AND WITHOUT CONDITIONS WITH ITS OBLIGATIONS 
         AND REITERATES THAT ONLY A POLITICAL SETTLEMENT, ON THE 
         BASIS OF THE RELEVANT AGREEMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS, WILL 
         BRING A LASTING PEACE TO ANGOLA.
                         /// END ACT ///
THE STATEMENT ALSO EXPRESSES THE COUNCIL'S DEEP CONCERN AT THE 
WORSENING HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN ANGOLA.  IT SAYS IT IS THE 
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT AND THE UNITA LEADERSHIP
TO FACILITATE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND GUARANTEE THE SAFETY 
AND MOVEMENT OF HUMANITARIAN WORKERS.
THE UNITED NATIONS HAS BEEN TRYING TO MEDIATE IN THE ANGOLAN 
CONFLICT.  THOSE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN BLOCKED IN RECENT WEEKS BY MR.
SAVIMBI'S REFUSAL TO TALK OR MEET WITH THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S 
SPECIAL ENVOY TO THAT COUNTRY.  (SIGNED)
NEB/UN/MPR/LSF/PT
23-Dec-98 4:59 PM EST (2159 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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