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DATE=3/25/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-247185
TITLE=U-N / ANGOLA (L - ONLY)
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL DENOUNCED ANGOLAN 
OPPOSITION LEADER JONAS SAVIMBI TODAY (THURSDAY) AND URGED HIM TO
COMPLY WITH HIS OBLIGATIONS UNDER ANGOLA'S LUSAKA PEACE ACCORD.  
V-O-A'S UNITED NATIONS CORRESPONDENT MAX RUSTON REPORTS.
TEXT:  AFTER RECEIVING A BRIEFING ON THE SITUATION IN ANGOLA, THE
SECURITY COUNCIL ISSUED A STATEMENT EXPRESSING CONCERN AT WHAT IT
CALLS THE SERIOUS DETERIORATION OF THE POLITICAL, MILITARY AND 
HUMANITARIAN SITUATION THERE.
THE STATEMENT, READ ALOUD BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT QIN HUASUN OF 
CHINA, PLACES BLAME FOR THAT DETERIORATION ON ANGOLAN OPPOSITION 
LEADER JONAS SAVIMBI.
                         /// QIN ACT ///
         COUNCIL MEMBERS REAFFIRMED THEIR BELIEF THAT LASTING 
         PEACE AND NATIONAL RECONCILIATION CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED 
         THROUGH POLITICAL MEANS.  COUNCIL MEMBERS EXPRESSED 
         THEIR PARTICULAR CONCERN AT THE ATTACKS ON CIVILIAN 
         POPULATION CENTERS BY UNITA, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MR.
         SAVIMBI, AND AT THE GROWING NUMBER OF INTERNALLY 
         DISPLACED PERSONS WHICH HAS INCREASED BY 650-THOUSAND 
         SINCE APRIL 1998.
                         /// END ACT ///
THE STATEMENT CALLS ON COUNTRIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF AFRICA TO 
FULLY ABIDE BY SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON MR. SAVIMBI'S UNITA 
OPPOSITION GROUP.  IT EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT INCREASING TENSION 
BETWEEN ANGOLA AND ZAMBIA.
IT IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENTS 
CRITICIZING MR. SAVIMBI AND CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE END TO 
FIGHTING IN ANGOLA.  THE U-N DECISION  FOLLOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF 
THE 1994 LUSAKA PEACE ACCORD, WHICH WAS TO HAVE ENDED MORE THAN 
TWO DECADES OF CIVIL WAR IN ANGOLA.  IT ALSO COMES SHORTLY AFTER 
THE WITHDRAWAL OF A U-N OBSERVER FORCE FROM ANGOLA, WHICH WAS 
MONITORING THE PEACE ACCORD AND ASSISTING WITH HUMANITARIAN AID 
PROGRAMS.
THE UNITED NATIONS WAS RELUCTANT TO ORDER THE WITHDRAWAL OF THAT 
FORCE, BUT DID SO AFTER THE ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT AND UNITA MADE IT 
CLEAR THE FORCE WAS NOT WELCOME.  (SIGNED)
NEB/UN/MPR/LSF/PT
25-Mar-99 4:01 PM EST (2101 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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