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13 April 1999

UNITED NATIONS REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1999

(Ethiopia, Niger) (310)
SECURITY COUNCIL CONCERNED OVER ETHIOPIA/ERITREA FIGHTING
The Security Council is seriously concerned at the continuing
hostilities between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the council's president said
April 13.
Ambassador Alain Dejammet of France, council president for April, told
journalists after a private council meeting that the council discussed
the latest events in Africa in order to "provide food for thought to
the secretary-general in order that the secretary-general can act
jointly with the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to try and
provide a solution" to the border dispute between Ethiopia and
Eritrea.
"Members of the Security Council call once again for an immediate
cessation of hostilities and the implementation of the OAU framework
agreement," Dejammet said in a press statement.
"Members of the Security Council strongly support the efforts the
secretary-general to promote, in full coordination with the OAU, a
peaceful resolution to the border dispute," he added.
The council particularly endorsed Secretary-General Kofi Annan's
decision to send his special envoy, Mohammed Sahnoun, to the region to
work with the OAU, the president said. He called on Ethiopia and
Eritrea to cooperate with Sahnoun.
"Members of the council urge both parties to allow the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to fulfill its mandate according to
the Geneva Convention and in particular to give ICRC unhindered access
to prisoners of war," Dejammet said.
SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS BARE ASSASSINATION
The Security Council on April 13 condemned the assassination of
Nigerien President Ibrahim Bare.
In a statement to the press, Council President Alain Dejammet of
France said that the council members also condemned the coup d'etat in
Niger.
"They call on those who have seized power to restore constitutional
order and the rule of law and to respect all fundamental rights and
freedoms," Dejammet said.