DATE=2/18/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-245692
TITLE=U-N / ANGOLA SANCTIONS (L - ONLY)
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL IS APPEALING TO THE PUBLIC FOR
INFORMATION REGARDING POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF THE SANCTIONS
AGAINST ANGOLA'S UNITA OPPOSITION GROUP. THE APPEAL WAS MADE
TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL'S ANGOLA
SANCTIONS COMMITTEE, AS WE HEAR FROM OUR U-N CORRESPONDENT MAX
RUSTON.
TEXT: THE RARE PUBLIC APPEAL FOLLOWED A PRESENTATION ON ANGOLA
SANCTIONS BY THE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL AS A
WHOLE. CANADA'S AMBASSADOR, ROBERT FOWLER, IS CHAIRMAN OF THE
SANCTIONS COMMITTEE AND PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE MONTH OF
FEBRUARY.
/// FOWLER ACT ///
I URGED THE COUNCIL AND, IF I MAY I WILL TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO, URGE YOU TO BRING FORWARD TO THE
ATTENTION OF THE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ANY INFORMATION
AVAILABLE ON SANCTIONS BUSTING WITH RESPECT TO EXISTING
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON ANGOLA FOCUSED ON UNITA.
/// OPT ACT /// AND IF I MAY, I WILL TAKE THIS OCCASION
TO SAY WE WELCOME INFORMATION FROM ALL SOURCES,
INCLUDING THE MEDIA. SO IF YOU ARE AWARE OF SANCTIONS
BUSTING, IF YOU HEAR OF SUCH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE
OFFICIALLY OR UNOFFICIALLY TO DIRECT OUR ATTENTION
TOWARDS ALLEGATIONS OF SANCTIONS BUSTING, I WOULD BE
VERY GRATEFUL AND VERY ANXIOUS TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO
SAY. /// END OPT ///
/// END ACT ///
THE APPEAL IS LINKED TO THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF NEW
SANCTIONS AGAINST UNITA FOLLOWING THE RESUMPTION OF HEAVY
FIGHTING IN ANGOLA LATE LAST YEAR. THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY
IMPOSED ARMS AND TRANSPORT RESTRICTIONS ON UNITA. IT IS NOW
CONSIDERING WHETHER TO ADD COMMUNICATIONS SANCTIONS. DIPLOMATS
BELIEVE THERE ARE WIDESPREAD VIOLATIONS OF EXISTING SANCTIONS ON
UNITA.
THE SECURITY COUNCIL HAS PLACED MOST OF THE BLAME FOR THE LATEST
FIGHTING IN ANGOLA ON UNITA. IT SAYS UNITA HAS FAILED TO KEEP
ITS PROMISES TO DEMOBILIZE ITS TROOPS AND HAND OVER TERRITORY TO
THE GOVERNMENT. THE COUNCIL SAYS THE ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO
CONTRIBUTED TO THE FAILURE OF THE PEACE PROCESS IN ANGOLA, BUT TO
A LESSER EXTENT THAN UNITA.
THE UNITED NATIONS IS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING ITS PEACEKEEPING
MISSION FROM ANGOLA BECAUSE OF THE DETERIORATING SECURITY
SITUATION THERE. U-N OFFICIALS SAY THEY HOPE TO RETAIN SOME
PRESENCE IN THE COUNTRY TO DEAL WITH HUMANITARIAN AND HUMAN
RIGHTS ISSUES. (SIGNED)
NEB/UN/MPR/LSF/JO
18-Feb-99 3:08 PM EST (2008 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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