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DATE=7/6/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251487
TITLE=UGANDA / CONGO (L ONLY)
BYLINE=ALISHA RYU
DATELINE=NAIROBI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  UGANDAN PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI IS EXPRESSING DEEP 
RESERVATIONS ABOUT A PROPOSAL TO DEPLOY U-N PEACEKEEPERS TO 
ENFORCE A CEASEFIRE IN CONGO-KINSHASA'S CIVIL WAR.  V-O-A'S 
ALISHA RYU REPORTS FROM OUR EAST AFRICA BUREAU. 
TEXT:  THE "INDEPENDENT MONITOR" NEWSPAPER IN UGANDA REPORTS MR. 
MUSEVENI IS DISMISSING SUGGESTIONS A U-N PEACEKEEPING FORCE COULD
LESSEN HIS COUNTRY'S SECURITY CONCERNS AFTER A CONGO-KINSHASA 
CEASEFIRE. 
THE NEWSPAPER REPORTS THE UGANDAN LEADER ON MONDAY CRITICIZED 
PAST U-N PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS.  THE 
REPORT QUOTES THE UGANDAN LEADER AS SAYING IF U-N TROOPS ARE 
DEPLOYED IN CONGO-KINSHASA, THEY WILL -- IN HIS WORDS -- JUST RUN
AWAY LIKE THEY DID IN THE RWANDESE CASE.   HE SAID -- AGAIN IN 
HIS WORDS -- EUROPEAN SOLDIERS ONLY GO TO AREAS WHERE THERE IS  
NO  DEATH.  HOW WILL THEY PUT UP WITH OUR PROBLEMS?.  
MR. MUSEVENI'S COMMENT ABOUT RWANDA REFERRED TO A CONTROVERSIAL 
WITHDRAWAL OF U-N PEACEKEEPERS DURING THE GENOCIDE OF ETHNIC 
TUTSIS AND MODERATE HUTU BY HUTU MILITIAS IN 1994.  
AFRICAN MINISTERS WORKING WITH ZAMBIAN MEDIATORS IN LUSAKA HAVE 
BEEN TRYING TO NEGOTIATE A DIPLOMATIC SETTLEMENT OF THE CIVIL WAR
IN CONGO-KINSHASA.  A DRAFT CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT BEING CONSIDERED 
CALLS FOR A PEACEKEEPING ROLE BY THE UNITED NATIONS OR THE 
ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY TO HELP MAINTAIN SECURITY.
MEANWHILE, NEGOTIATIONS ARE CONTINUING IN LUSAKA TO TRY TO SETTLE
REMAINING DISAGREEMENTS.  KEY ISSUES INCLUDE WHO WILL MONITOR AND
ENFORCE THE CEASEFIRE IN THE MONTHS BEFORE INDEPENDENT 
PEACEKEEPERS CAN BE DEPLOYED.  
THE DRAFT AGREEMENT PROPOSES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT 
MILITARY COMMISSION COMPRISED OF THE WARRING PARTIES, MEDIATORS, 
AND INDEPENDENT OBSERVERS.  BUT THE CONGO GOVERNMENT IS REJECTING
THE PROPOSAL, SAYING RIVAL FORCES  CANNOT  BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 
INITIAL PEACEKEEPING. 
REBELS BACKED BY UGANDA AND RWANDA ARE BATTLING THE GOVERNMENT OF
CONGO-KINSHASA'S PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA.  MR. KABILA'S FORCES 
ARE BEING SUPPORTED BY NAMIBIA, ZIMBABWE, AND ANGOLA.   (SIGNED)
NEB/AR/JWH/RAE
06-Jul-99 9:49 AM EDT (1349 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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