DATE=4/28/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-248715
TITLE=U-N / SOMALIA (L - ONLY)
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS IT IS CONCERNED
ABOUT DETERIORATING HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS IN SOMALIA AND
CONTINUING FIGHTING BETWEEN RIVAL MILITIAS IN THE COUNTRY.
V-O-A'S U-N CORRESPONDENT MAX RUSTON REPORTS.
TEXT: COUNCIL PRESIDENT ALAIN DEJAMMET OF FRANCE SAYS COUNCIL
MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE SITUATION IN
SOMALIA, INCLUDING FIGHTING, THE DETERIORATING HUMANITARIAN
CONDITIONS AND THE NEED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH A U-N ARMS EMBARGO.
MR. DEJAMMET READ OUT A COUNCIL STATEMENT ON SOMALIA AFTER
RECEIVING A BRIEFING ON THE SITUATION IN THAT COUNTRY.
/// DEJAMMET ACT ///
THEY CALL UPON ALL MEMBER STATES TO COMPLY WITH SECURITY
COUNCIL RESOLUTION 733 WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED AN ARMS
EMBARGO. THEY CALL ON MEMBER STATES AND INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS TO INTENSIFY THEIR URGENT HUMANITARIAN AID
TO SOMALIA.
/// END ACT ///
THE COUNCIL STATEMENT FOLLOWS REPORTS OF RECENT HEAVY FIGHTING
BETWEEN SOMALI MILITIAS SEEKING CONTROL OF NORTHERN MOGADISHU.
U-N OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE WERE REPORTED KILLED AND
150 INJURED IN CLASHES IN MARCH AND APRIL. THEY SAY THEY ARE
PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THEY DESCRIBE AS "MOUNTING
VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS."
SOMALIA HAS BEEN WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT SINCE 1991, WHEN
PRESIDENT MOHAMED SIAD BARRE WAS OUSTED FROM POWER. THE COUNTRY
IS CURRENTLY CONTROLLED BY SEVERAL ARMED FACTIONS. (SIGNED)
NEB/UN/MPR/LSF/WFR
28-Apr-99 2:28 PM EDT (1828 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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