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DATE=4/19/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-248321
TITLE=AFGHANISTAN / U-N (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=LARRY FREUND
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSED DEEP 
CONCERN MONDAY AT THE WITHDRAWAL OF AFGHANISTAN'S RULING TALEBAN 
FROM TALKS WITH THAT COUNTRY'S OPPOSITION.  CORRESPONDENT LARRY 
FREUND REPORTS FROM NEW YORK.
TEXT:  THE SECURITY COUNCIL URGED THE TALEBAN TO RETURN TO THE 
NEGOTIATING TABLE, AND CALLED ON BOTH PARTIES IN THE TALKS TO 
NEGOTIATE.
THE SECURITY COUNCIL ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN AT WHAT IT DESCRIBED 
AS MILITARY PREPARATIONS CARRIED OUT BY BOTH PARTIES.  IT CALLED 
ON THE TALEBAN AND THE OPPOSITION TO COOPERATE WITH THE UNITED 
NATIONS TO PREVENT ESCALATION OF THE FIGHTING.
REPORTS FROM THE REGION INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ALL-OUT 
FIGHTING RESUMING IN AFGHANISTAN.  THE TWO SIDES HAD REACHED A 
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT TO SHARE POWER DURING U-N SPONSORED TALKS IN 
TURKMENISTAN LAST MONTH.  BUT THEN THE TALEBAN RULED OUT ANOTHER 
ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS, MAINTAINING THE OPPOSITION HAD REJECTED 
WHAT THE TALEBAN REGARDS AS BASIC CONDITIONS FOR A PEACE 
SETTLEMENT.
THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL, IN A STATEMENT READ BY ITS 
CURRENT PREIDENT, FRENCH AMBASSADOR ALAIN DEJAMMET, ALSO 
EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT WHAT IT DESCRIBED AS CONTINUOUS 
HUMAN-RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN, REPORTS OF ARBITRARY 
DETENTIONS AND EXECUTIONS IN AREAS CONTROLLED BY THE TALEBAN.
                      /// DEJAMMET ACT ///
         MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL REITERATED THEIR DEMAND 
         THAT THE TALEBAN FULLY COMPLY WITH THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO 
         ENSURE THE SECURITY OF INTERNATIONAL PERSONNEL RETURNING
         TO AFGHANISTAN, WHICH REMAINED AN IMMUTABLE PREREQUISITE
         FOR RESUMPTION OF U-N FULL-FLEDGED ACTIVITIES IN THIS 
         COUNTRY.
                         /// END ACT ///
THE SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENT SAYS ITS MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED 
ABOUT WHAT IT CALLS THE GRAVE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN 
AFGHANISTAN, THE CONTINUING SHELTERING OF TERRORISTS AS WELL AS 
ILLEGAL DRUG-TRAFFICKING IN AREAS CONTROLLED BY THE TALEBAN.   
(SIGNED)
NEB/NY/LSF/WTW
19-Apr-99 4:39 PM EDT (2039 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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